Intensive Course: Issues in Criminal Justice (LAW518H1F)

At a Glance

First Term
Credits
1
Hours
14

Enrolment

Maximum
27
24 JD
3 LLM/SJD/MSL/NDEGS/SJD U

Schedule

Monday, September 10, 2012: 12:30 - 2:00
Tuesday, September 11, 2012: 12:30 - 2:00
Wednesday, September 12, 2012: 12:30 - 2:00
Thursday, September 13, 2012: 12:30 - 2:00
Friday, September 14, 2012: 12:30 - 2:30
Monday, September 24, 2012: 12:30 - 2:00
Tuesday, September 25, 2012: 12:30 - 2:00
Thursday, September 27, 2012: 12:30 - 2:00
Friday, September 28, 2012: 12:30 - 2:00
Room
FA3
Instructor(s): Martin Friedland

Students may enroll in an intensive course that conflicts with a regular course as an exception to the general rule that students may not take courses which conflict on the timetable. Attendance at intensive courses is mandatory for the duration of the course and takes precedence over regular courses.

Students who took this intensive course in 2011-2012 may not re-enrol in this course.

This seminar will examine a number of issues that I have worked on over the past 50 years: the frailty of the criminal process, codification of the criminal law, the Charter, bail and legal aid, double jeopardy, morality and the criminal law, and sanctions and rewards. The seminar is designed to provide a broad overview of the system of criminal justice. Participants in the seminar will not only learn something about the specific topics studied but will end up with a better understanding of the forces that influence change in the criminal law. The material for the seminar will primarily consist of chapters from my memoir, My Life in Crime and Other Academic Adventures (2007).

Evaluation
Students will be required to write a paper of 2500 to 3000 words, which will be graded on an Honours/Pass/Fail basis for JD students and the SGS scale for graduate students. Papers must be delivered to the Records Office by 4:00 p.m. on Friday October 19, 2012.