COURSE OFFERINGS 2015-2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS Offerings 2015-2016 Important Notice Regarding the Start of the Fall 2015 and Winter 2016 Terms Both the Fall and Winter terms of the

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Course Offerings 2015-2016

COURSE OFFERINGS 2015-2016

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Important Notice Regarding the Start of Fall 2015 & Winter 2016 Semesters 2 First Year Undergraduate Mandatory Courses 2 Second Year Mandatory Courses 7 Other Mandatory Courses 10 Complementary & Elective Courses 13 Student-Initiated Seminars 57

Graduate Courses 48

Writing Courses 54

Group Assistants & Tutorial Leaders 60

Legal Clinic 61

Law Journals 62

Moot Competitions 64

Court and Administrative Tribunal Clerkships 66 Human Rights Internship 67

Honours Courses 68

Major Internships 69

Course List and Important Notes 70

Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Option 72



**Important Notice Regarding the Start of the Fall 2015 and Winter 2016 Terms**

Both the Fall and Winter terms of the upcoming academic year start the term with a make-up

lecture day. This means that in the Fall, Friday Sept. 4 will follow a Monday schedule (to make

up for the loss of Monday classes on Labour Day), and in the Winter, Thursday, January 7 will

follow a Monday schedule (to make up for the loss of Monday classes on Easter Monday).

FIRST YEAR UNDERGRADUATE MANDATORY COURSES

CIVIL LAW PROPERTY / DROIT DES BIENS PRV1 144 D1, PRV1 144 D2

5 CREDITS, FALL & WINTER TERMS

Section 001: Pierre-Emmanuel Moyse – English, Section 002 : Alexandra Popovici – English Description: General theoretical context of Civil law Property. The concepts of patrimony, real rights, domain, the right of ownership and its limitations, including the relationship between neighbours (“voisinage”), special modes and dismemberments, possession and acquisitive prescription, publication of rights. Some introduction to property as the object of certain patrimonies by appropriation (trusts). Method of Evaluation: In-term assignments; December and April exams (TBA).

Section 003: Professor Yaëll Emerich – French Description: Ce cours vise à étudier les relations entre les personnes et les biens. On s’attardera sur les notions de patrimoine, de chose et de bien, sur le domaine. Les classifications fondamentales du droit civil des biens seront envisagées, notamment la distinction des droits réels, des droits personnels et des droits intellectuels. Les concepts de base du droit des biens seront examinés, tels que la possession et la propriété. On étudiera les modalités de la propriété, les démembrements de la propriété, ainsi que la publicité des droits. Une introduction à la fiducie sera faite, en insistant sur sa compréhension dans un contexte civiliste. Une attention particulière sera portée à la place de l’incorporel dans un droit traditionnellement marqué par la corporalité. Method of Evaluation: December exam 25%; Final exam: 75%.



CONSTITUTIONAL LAW / DROIT CONSTITUTIONNEL PUB2 101 D1, PUB2 101 D

6 CREDITS, FALL & WINTER TERMS Section 001: Me Warren Newman (Fall) and Me Alexander Pless (Winter) – English Description: This course is designed to serve as an introduction to the basic framework of the Canadian constitutional system. Aspects to be studied include: sources of Canadian constitutional law, federalism, the rule of law, the division of legislative powers, the role of the judiciary in Canadian democracy, Aboriginal peoples and the Constitution and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Method of Evaluation: TBD

Section 002: Professor Colleen Sheppard – English Description: This course provides an introduction to fundamental principles, institutions and legal developments in Canadian constitutional law. The course explores the rule of law, democracy, judicial independence and federalism. It also examines human rights and freedoms, and constitutional issues affecting Aboriginal peoples and minority linguistic communities. The course is designed to provide students with a framework for understanding constitutional issues through a comparative lens, as well as thinking critically about the historical and social context of Canadian constitutional law. Method of Evaluation: First semester examination: 25% (assist only); Optional written assignment: 25%; Final examination: 50%.

Section 003: Professors François Crépeau (Fall) and Johanne Poirier (Winter) – Français Description: Un traitement de l’histoire, de la théorie, de la pratique et du droit constitutionnels. Les pouvoirs législatif, exécutif et judiciaire sont abordés à la lumière des grands principes tels le constitutionnalisme, l’État de droit, la démocratie, la protection des libertés fondamentales et des minorités, et le fédéralisme. Method of Evaluation : TBC

CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS / OBLIGATIONS CONTRACTUELLES LAWG 100 D1, LAWG 100 D2 6 CREDITS , FALL & WINTER TERMS

Section 001: Professor Rosalie Jukier – English Fall, Winter, 6 credits Description: This course covers basic concepts and theories of contractual obligations in the Civil and Common Law including how to define agreement; examining the kinds of agreements that are enforced;



the content of contractual obligations; reasons for setting aside agreements; contractual remedies and rights of third parties. Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: Sit-down, mid-term exam in December (25%), mid-term assignment in second term (25%), sit-down final exam in April (50%).

Section 002: Professor Stephen Smith (Fall) and Professor Helge Dedek (Winter) – English Description: Basic concepts of contractual obligations in the Civil and Common Law. Formation and consent; formalities; cause and consideration. The interpretation of contracts and State control over the formation and the content of contracts. Vitiation of consent. Performance and breach; frustration and hardship; contractual remedies. Relativity of contracts and privity. Method of Evaluation: Midterm exam in December, final take-home exam in April; Optional assignment.

Section 003: Professor Vincent Forray – Français Description: Le cours couvre les concepts, discours et arguments fondamentaux du droit des obligations contractuelles dans la tradition du common law et celle du droit civil. The course includes the following topics: the definition of agreement; the kinds of agreements that are enforced; the content of contractual obligations; reasons for setting aside agreements; contractual remedies and rights of third parties. Du point de vue de la méthode, outre l’accès aux notions de base, le cours développe une approche pratique et critique. Pratique : divers exercices sont proposés aux étudiant.e.s afin d’apprendre le maniement du discours juridique. Critique : le cours mobilise ponctuellement certains matériaux interdisciplinaires afin de faciliter l’appréhension du phénomène contractuel dans le monde contemporain. Remarque : Non-native speakers of French are encouraged to take the course. A particular effort will be made to render French legal language and terminology accessible. Bilingual materials will be provided whenever possible. Method of Evaluation: mini-essay in December (20 %), group presentation in the class (20%) during (fall or winter term), mid-term assignment in second term (20%), final take-home exam in April (40%)

EXTRA-CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS OBLIGATIONS EXTRA- CONTRACTUELLES /TORTS

LAWG 101 D1, LAWG 101 D2 5 CREDITS, FALL & WINTER TERMS



Section 001: Professor Stephen Smith – English Description: Basic concepts of extra-contractual obligations in the Civil Law and Common Law. Fault; causation; reasons for exoneration; apportionment of liability; forms of injury for which recovery can be obtained; limitations on damages; factual and legal presumptions; responsibility for the acts of others and for damage caused by property.

Method of Evaluation: Mid-term examination in December; final examination; in-term assignment.

Section 002: Professor Shauna Van Praagh – English Description: Basic concepts of extra-contractual obligations in the Civil Law and Common Law. Fault; causation; reasons for exoneration; apportionment of liability; forms of injury for which recovery can be obtained; limitations on damages; factual and legal presumptions; responsibility for the acts of others and for damage caused by property.

Method of Evaluation: Mid-term examination in December; final examination; in-term assignment.

Section 003: Professor Lara Khoury – French Description: Ce cours vise à enseigner les principes de base de la responsabilité civile dans les deux grands systèmes de droit occidentaux que sont le droit civil et la Common law, leur mutation dans la foulée de la révolution industrielle et leur forme contemporaine dans le contentieux en Amérique du Nord. Seront principalement étudiés les concepts suivants: obligation de diligence, faute, causalité, préjudice et son évaluation, moyens de défenses, présomptions légales et de fait, responsabilité pour le fait d’autrui et pour le fait des choses. Method of Evaluation: Examen de mi-session, travail de session, examen final.

FOUNDATIONS OF CANADIAN LAW / FONDEMENTS DU DROIT CANADIEN PUB3 116 D1, PUB3 116 D2

4 credits, FALL & WINTER TERMS Section 001: Professor Victor Muniz Fraticelli – English

Description: The course aims to expose students to historical, philosophical, and social-scientific approaches to the phenomenon of law, emphasizing the themes of tradition, obligation, and pluralism. The first term will provide an introduction to the methods of comparative law and a survey of major legal traditions from a historical and comparative perspective. The second term will examine some of the major problems of the theory of law from philosophical, political, and sociological standpoints.

Method of Evaluation: Multiple assessments



Section 002: Professor Mark Antaki – English Description: This course aims to help you identify, articulate, and call into question some of your pre-conceptions about law and justice so that you may experience law as historically and culturally located. It aims to help you find law where you least expect it but also to appreciate law differently where you most expect to find it. It invites you to explore and appreciate the burden of judgment that various (‘legal’ and other) actors bear so that you may learn to see and celebrate acts of practical wisdom and not simply sets of objective rules. This course is a foundational one in that it encourages you, in the trans-systemic spirit, to think carefully and critically about the language you not only speak, but also inherit and inhabit.

Method of Evaluation: Multiple assessments.

Section 003 : Professor René Provost – Français Description: Introduction au concept de normativité juridique, son esprit, son histoire, ses aspirations, ses limites. Étude de la notion de tradition juridique, en prenant pour exemples les traditions de droit civil, de common law, de droit autochtone, de droit talmudique et de droit islamique. Exploration de plusieurs approches critiques du droit, dont, les Critical Legal Studies, la Critical Race Theory, l'approche sociologique, l'approche anthropologique, les études postcoloniales, l'analyse économique du droit, etc. Éléments de réflexion sur la nature et la fonction de la formation en droit, y compris l'approche transsystémique. Method of Evaluation: Test de comprehension; Examen maison; Essai final; Participation.

Section 004: Professor Daniel Weinstock – English Description: The course will examine the concept of law, and the institutions and practices associated with the concept, from a variety of disciplinary vantage points. Law will be interrogated as a cultural, ethical, philosophical, political, sociological (and so on) set of phenomena. Accordingly, a wide range of different kinds of texts will be explored in order to illuminate law from as many different perspectives as possible. Method of Evaluation: Students will write a number of short, essay-style questions throughout the term, and will produce a longer, synthetic work at the end of term.

INTRODUCTORY LEGAL RESEARCH INTRODUCTION À LA RECHERCHE JURIDIQUE

PRAC 147 D1, PRAC 147 D2

3 CREDITS, FALL & WINTER TERMS



Section 001: Professor Helena Lamed – English & French Description: Introduction to legal method: sources of aw, court structure, legislative process. Introduction to research, analysis and to expository and prescriptive legal writing. Teaching is in the class as a whole and in small groups. Method of Evaluation: Various in-term assignments

SECOND YEAR MANDATORY COURSES ADVANCED CIVIL LAW OBLIGATIONS

3 CREDITS, PROC 200 Section 001: Professor Daniel Jutras and Pascale Cornut St-Pierre (001) – English Term: Fall

Description: The first objective of this course is to allow students to have a deeper understanding of the civil law tradition and its methodology, through a concrete examination of the key elements of the “Regime of Obligations” – the set of rules governing the relationship of debtors and creditors, independently of the source of the obligation. The course examines all aspects of this relationship – modalities of obligations, plurality of parties, conditional obligations, payment, transfer and extinction of obligations – through case studies based on real life situations. It rests on a very close examination of the Civil Code of Québec. The course is explicitly organized through problem-based learning, relying on the personal responsibility of students for their learning. It requires a willingness to work in teams, a commitment to rigorous attention to written sources, and a desire to master the basic material in unconventional ways. Method of Evaluation: A mid-term in-class examination, a team project, and a participation component.

Section 003: Professor Vincent Forray (003) – French Term: Winter Description: Le cours poursuit un double objectif. 1) Acquisition de connaissances approfondies en droit civil des obligations. 2) Développement d’une culture du droit civil en tant que tradition juridique. 1) Les questions étudiées sont choisies dans une matière qui s’étend depuis les sources de l’obligation (contrat, délit, quasi-contrat) jusqu’au régime des obligations. S’agissant de celui-ci, seront traitées les variétés, modalités et finalités des obligations ainsi que leurs modes de transmission et de circulation. 2) La culture civiliste pourra s’acquérir à la croisée de questions très diverses qui revendiquent toutes de se rapporter au droit civil : codification, légicentrisme, application de la règle par le juge, centralité du concept d’obligation… Du point de vue méthodologique, le cours cheminera de technique en critique, soutenu par la préoccupation constante d’interroger ce que font les juristes. Method of Evaluation: TBA



ADVANCED COMMON LAW OBLIGATIONS 3 CREDITS, PRV3 200

Section 001: Professor Andrea Bjorklund – English Term: Fall Description: Advanced Common Law Obligations develops knowledge, appreciation, comprehension, and skills related to the study of private law obligations in the common law tradition. The course explores both the nature of common law reasoning and selected issues and problems in the substantive law of obligations. Proximity serves as an overarching theme for examining the contours and reach of tort, contract and fiduciary obligations in specific contexts. We will also examine the interaction of common law and statutory law and common law and “soft law” in a few specific contexts, such as the development of jurisprudence under the U.S. Alien Tort Statute and the development of U.S. Uniform Commercial Code in common law courts.

Method of Evaluation: (1) Two in-class writing assignments, based on the course materials and class discussions, together worth 1/3 of the final grade. (2) One reflective/analytical essay based on the course materials and class discussions, due the final day of class, worth 2/3 of the final grade.

Section 002: Professor Shauna Van Praagh – English Term: Fall Description: Advanced Common Law Obligations develops knowledge, appreciation, comprehension, and skills related to the study of private law obligations in the common law tradition. The course explores both the nature of common law reasoning and selected issues and problems in the substantive law of obligations. Proximity serves as an overarching theme for examining the contours and reach of tort, contract and fiduciary obligations in specific contexts.

Method of Evaluation: 75% final assignment (2500 words), 25% in-course short paper combined with group

leadership (individual dates to be assigned)

Section 001: Professor Mark Antaki – English Term: Winter Description: Advanced Common Law Obligations invites you to better appreciate and understand private law obligations in the common law tradition. We will explore the ways of speaking and reasoning of the common law as well as selected issues and problems in the substantive law of obligations. Method of Evaluation: Final assignment and other in-term assessments



COMMON LAW PROPERTY

4 CREDITS, PRV4 144 Section 001: Professor Wendy Adams (001) – English Term: Fall & Winter Description: The objective of this course is to provide students with an understanding of the principles, concepts, and methods of common law proprietary claims. We will examine the nature of property rights in common law, how persons acquire and transfer these rights in whole and in part, how persons assert property rights against others, for what purposes and to what extent, and how persons may find their property rights limited by the interests of others. In the process, we will cover topics such as possession, the doctrine of estates, easements, licenses, leases, trespass, and expropriation. We will also assess the strength of proprietary rights relative to other types of legal claims. The intention throughout is to provide students with a cohesive explanatory framework for what might otherwise appear to be a series of disparate rules and exceptions.

Format: Lecture

Method of Evaluation: Final sit-down examination and in-term assessment(s)

Section 002: Professor Richard Gold (002) – English Term: Winter Description: The aim of this course is to introduce students to the basic principles of Canadian common law of property; and to provide a grounding for a number of advanced courses. As a basic course, it addresses a number of themes: classification of things as objects of property, the importance of “possession”, original and derivative acquisition of property interests, the role of “equity”, kinds of property interests, including sequential interests and concurrent interests, interests affecting the land of other persons, and so on. The emphasis will be on real property law, but the law of personal property will be considered as well. Although the course is structured around fairly broad themes, students will be expected to demonstrate that they can manipulate the detailed rules and doctrines of the law, in keeping with the traditional common law method, which emphasizes fact-sensitivity and careful attention to the similarities and differences between cases. Method of Evaluation: Final examination and in-term group scenario building and negotiation assignment.

LEGAL ETHICS AND ADVOCACY

3 CREDITS, PRAC 155 D1, PRAC155 D2 *TO BE REPLACED BY TWO 2ND YEAR REQUIRED COURSES: LEGAL ETHICS & PROFESSIONALISM, LAWG 210 (3C) (FALL

TERM) AND WRITTEN AND ORAL ADVOCACY, PRAC 200 (1C) (WINTER TERM).



Section 001: Professor Helena Lamed (001) – English & French Term: Fall & Winter Description: First term focuses on concepts in legal ethics, regulation of the legal profession, professionalism, and discipline. The written assignments will continue to develop research skills and will focus on persuasive writing skills. In the second term, students write an appeal factum and plead. Teaching alternates between the Class of the Whole and tutorial groups. Method of Evaluation: Short Quiz, and in-term assignments written and oral. Factums will be written and pleaded in the second term.

OTHER MANDATORY COURSES

BUS2 365 Business Associations (001) Professor Richard Janda – English Fall, 4 credits Description: This course offers an introduction from a legal perspective to the most important ways by which individuals have structured their collaborative commercial activities. It will consider how essential questions associated with such activities are dealt with by several distinct legal structures. Attention is given to the basic legal features of agency and partnerships, the dominant legal business structures historically; and to the corporation, the predominant contemporary business form. Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: TBC

BUS2 365 Business Associations (002) Professor Paul B. Miller – English Winter, 4 credits Description: This course offers an introduction, from a legal perspective, to the most important ways by which individuals have structured their commercial activities. It will consider how essential questions associated with collaborative business activity are dealt with by each mode of business structure. Attention is given to the basic legal features of agency and partnerships which historically constitute the fundamental legal business structures, and to the corporation, the predominant modern business form. Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: 25% midterm, and 75% open book final

BUS2 365 Droit des affaires (003) Professeur Anne Talbot – Français Hiver, 4 crédits



Description: Ce cours propose une introduction aux cadres et normes juridiques qui constituent et gouvernent tant les formes d’entreprises de l’économie traditionnelle (comme la société par actions, les fiducies et les partenariats) que celles au centre de la nouvelle économie socialement responsible (notamment les coopératives, les sociétés d’intérêt public et les entreprises d’économie sociale). Quels sont les principales caractéristiques juridiques de ces différents véhicules juridiques? Quels sont leurs avantages et désavantages d’un point de vue économique, social et environnemental? À quels enjeux juridiques particuliers donnent-ils lieu? Ce cours se veut une exploration interdisciplinaire et transystémique du droit des sociétés tout en donnant aux étudiants et étudiantes des outils pour s’orienter dans la création et la gouvernance d’une société juridique au Canada Format: L’enseignement de ce cours combinera des cours magistraux interactifs, des discussions en petits groupes et l’apprentissage par résolution de problèmes. Méthodes d’évaluation: TBA

PUB2 111 Criminal Law (001) Me Robert Israel – English Fall, 3 credits Description: An introduction to Canadian Criminal Law as developed in the Criminal Code, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the common law. This course will examine the fundamental principles of criminal liability, from the presumption of innocence to the central elements of a crime (actus reus and mens rea). Various means of defending against charges will also be explored. Our analysis will focus on several specific offences. The roles of the prosecutor and the defence attorney will also be considered, as will the purpose of criminal law in Canadian society. Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: 25% in-term assignment and 75% Final Exam (24-Hour Take-Home)

PUB2 111 Criminal Law (001/005) Professor Payam Akhavan – English Winter, 3 credits Description: This course is an introduction to general principles of substantive criminal law as interpreted and applied in Canada, and a broader reflection on the distinctive nature and purposes of criminal punishment. Although the focus will be the roots and evolution of Canada’s common law tradition, a comparative analysis of global developments in other legal traditions and international criminal law will be integral to understanding the broader context within which principles of criminal liability operate. This course addresses the distinct subjects of criminal procedure and evidence, and the principles of punishment and sentencing, only to the extent that they influence the scope and contours of substantive criminal law. Furthermore, the course will focus on the general principles of criminal liability – categorized as the “General Part” because they constitute the necessary overall link between perpetrators and particular crimes – and not on particular crimes or clusters of crimes against physical integrity of persons or against rights in property. Given the breadth and complexity of the General Part, particular crimes such



as culpable homicide and sexual assault –categorized as belonging to the “Special Part” –will only be analyzed as illustrations of how general principles are applied to specific offences. Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: An open‐book exam, worth 70% of the final grade; 2. A concise 500‐word writing assignment on a selected topic worth 20% of the final grade; and 3. Active participation in class throughout the course, worth 10% of the final grade. Students will be called upon to discuss the assigned readings and should prepare for classes accordingly. Familiarity with class discussions will also be necessary for parts of the final exam.

PUB2 111 Criminal Law (002/006) Justice Patrick Healy – English Winter, 3 credits Description: An introduction to principles of liability in substantive criminal law, as found in the Constitution, statutes (notably the Criminal Code) and the common law. Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: Option A – Examination 100%; Option B – Examination 75% and paper 25% (max. ten (10) pages).

PUB2 111 Droit pénal (003) Professor Marie Manikis – French Fall, 3 credits Description: Ce cours constitue une introduction au droit criminel canadien, qui se veut en même temps généraliste, inter-disciplinaire et partiellement comparative. Le droit criminel général est l'armature conceptuelle du droit criminel: l'ensemble des principes et concepts qui structurent son ordonnancement. Le cours ne portera que sur le droit criminel substantif, et n'envisagera la procédure pénale que de manière très incidente. On sera donc appelé à examiner les idées fondatrices du droit criminel moderne en ce qu'elles permettent de définir un certain nombre d'infractions, ainsi que les tensions auxquelles elles donnent nécessairement lieu dans la jurisprudence. Les notions clefs d'actus reus et de mens rea, l'imputation de la responsabilité pénale, ainsi que les principales défenses feront l'objet d'une attention détaillée. On verra en particulier comment l'adoption de la Charte des droits et libertés a amené les tribunaux à s'interroger sur des pans entiers du droit criminel. Le droit criminel, peut-être plus que toute autre branche du droit, ne saurait s'affranchir d'une compréhension des grands enjeux sociaux dans lesquels il s'insère. Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: TBA

PROC 124 Judicial Institutions and Civil Procedure (001)



Professor Rosalie Jukier – English Fall, 4 credits Description: This course addresses the role of judicial institutions in the resolution of disputes in civil matters and includes an overview of the court structure in Canada, principles of the judicial system (independence, impartiality, open courts, accountability) as well as issues of access to justice. It also addresses civil procedure including pre-trial civil procedure in Canada; launching a civil action and pleadings; jurisdiction and standing; motions and interlocutory relief; pre-trial mediation and settlement; discovery, costs and class actions. Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: Final examination (sit-down, open book, 75%) and one mid-term assignment (25%).

PROC 124 Judicial Institutions and Civil Procedure (001) Professor Frederic Bachand – English Winter, 4 credits Description: An overview of the court structure in Canada as well as principles of the judicial system (independence, impartiality, open courts, accountability) and more generally the civil justice system and access to justice. Procedure: pre-trial civil procedure in Canada. Launching a civil action and pleadings; jurisdiction and standing; motions and interlocutory relief; pre-trial mediation and settlement; discovery, costs and class actions. Emphasis on Québec Code of Civil Procedure, Ontario Courts of Justice Act and Rules of Practice. Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: TBC

PROC 124 Droit judiciaire (003) Professor Geneviève Saumier – Français Winter, 4 credits Description: Le droit judiciaire privé a essentiellement pour objet le rôle que jouent les tribunaux judiciaires dans la résolution de différends en matière civile. On peut diviser la matière en trois grands thèmes : a) le droit d’agir en justice (intérêt pour agir, capacité, renonciation au profit d’un tribunal arbitral ou d’un tribunal judiciaire étranger, limites dues à l’immunité de l’État étranger, etc.) et l’accès aux tribunaux judiciaires; b) l’organisation des tribunaux judiciaires (nomination, irresponsabilité, indépendance et impartialité des juges, compétence rationae materiae et rationae personae, etc.); c) le fonctionnement des tribunaux judiciaires, tant lorsqu’ils sont appelés à trancher eux-mêmes le fond du différend que lorsqu’ils sont appelés à intervenir afin de contrôler ou de prêter assistance à un autre mode de résolution de différends (négociation, médiation ou arbitrage, décision d’un tribunal administratif ou d’un tribunal judiciaire étranger, etc.). Ce cours transsystémique porte principalement, mais non exclusivement, sur le rôle que jouent et que devraient jouer les tribunaux judiciaires canadiens. Format: Lecture



Method of Evaluation: In-term evaluation and sit-down open book final exam.

COMPLEMENTARY & ELECTIVE COURSES Please note that you must complete all program requirements in order to be granted the diplomas of B.C.L./LL.B. Consult the program requirements based on the year of admittance to the program. For courses that are part of the Complementary Requirements, the legend is as follows:

A = Complementary Principles of [Canadian] Administrative Law C = Complementary Civil Law course

CC = Complementary Common Law course HR = Complementary Human Rights & Social Diversity course

T= Complementary Transystemic course CMPL 500 Aboriginal Peoples and the Law (001) (009) *HR* Professor Kirsten Anker – English Fall, 3 credits Description: Introduction to legal relationships between indigenous and non-indigenous peoples (treaties and negotiated agreements); state regulation of aboriginal peoples in Canada (constitutional powers, the Indian Act, criminal law and sentencing); and claims made by indigenous peoples (aboriginal title and rights, residential schools). The premise is that both the European-derived legal traditions and indigenous legal traditions are relevant to discussions of “law” in this context, and there will be a focus on the diverse forms, institutions and processes of law used by indigenous peoples. Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: Class participation and exercises, quizzes, term paper.

**NEW COURSE** CMPL 500 Introduction au droit autochtone Professeure Leslie-Anne Wood – French Winter, 3 credits Description: Qu'est-ce qui fait l'autorité d'une tradition juridique, et est-il approprié que le "droit

autochtone" - tel que nos législateurs et nos tribunaux le conçoivent - façonne la conception que nous

nous faisons, en tant que juristes, de ce domaine du droit? Le cours cherchera dans un premier temps à

amener les étudiants à apprécier le caractère fondamental de cette question à l'étude du "droit

autochtone". Dans un second temps, le droit autochtone - tel que les législateurs et les tribunaux le

créent - sera étudié dans certaines de ses grandes lignes (par exemple: Autochtones et Constitution;

aménagements particuliers en droit criminel). Cette perspective positiviste du droit autochtone sera

ensuite contrastée avec certaines approches "juridiques" de traditions autochtones.

Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: TBA

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_____________________________________________________________________________________ PRV2 270 Droit des personnes Professeure Alexandra Popovici – French Winter, 3 credits Description: Introduction au droit des personnes et aux principes fondamentaux qui le sous-tendent. Les thèmes du livre premier du Code civil du Québec que sont la jouissance et l’exercice des droits civils, les droits de la personnalité, l’état des personnes, la capacité des personnes et, les personnes morales seront examinés de manière critique et historique. Certaines notions maîtresses feront l’objet d’un examen plus poussé, notamment les notions de sujet de droit, de capacité juridique et d’autonomie. Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: TBA

CMPL 511 Social Diversity and law Ivana Isailovic – English Winter, 3 credits Description: TBA Format: TBA Method of Evaluation: TBA

CMPL 580 Environment And The Law (001) (009) *A* Me Anne-Catherine Boucher, Me Anne Drost and Me Charles Kazaz – English Fall, 3 credits Description: This course is an introduction to general environmental law concepts and the various regulatory approaches to ensuring the protection of different aspects of the environment. The following topics will be covered: jurisdiction over the environment under the Constitution Act, 1867, regulatory instruments to protect the environment, public interest in the protection of the environment, environmental assessment, enforcement, statutory liability and offences, the role of first nations, social acceptability, protection of soil and water, protection of wildlife and habitat, conservation and remediation, climate change and the international aspects of environmental law. Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: Participation, term paper and final open-book exam

CMPL 575 Discrimination and the Law (001) (002) *HR*



Professor Colleen Sheppard – English Fall, 3 credits Description: The course is designed to introduce you to key conceptual debates and legal developments surrounding equality rights in both the statutory human rights, international and constitutional domains. We will inquire into the multiple roles that the law plays in both perpetuating systemic inequalities and in promoting social and legal equality. To assist students in their research, we will also examine research methodologies in law, including interdisciplinary and comparative approaches. Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: TBA

PUB2 401 Contentieux Administratif (003) *A* Me Alexander Pless – French Fall, 3 credits Description: Un juge peut-il ordonner au Premier Ministre de réclamer la clémence pour un citoyen canadien incarcéré dans le couloir de la mort aux États-Unis? Le CRTC peut-il suspendre la licence d’une station radio parce que son roi des ondes émet des remarques diffamatoires? Le Barreau doit-il vous remettre la copie de votre examen d’admission si vous l’échouez? Ces situations relèvent du droit administratif. Ce cours porte sur la théorie et la pratique du contrôle judiciaire de l’action administrative. Les questions théoriques sont au cœur même de notre système démocratique et du principe de la séparation des pouvoirs au Canada. Quant à la pratique, elle touche la quasi-totalité des domaines de droit substantif où l’action gouvernementale est présente. Alors que le droit constitutionnel concerne le processus d’élaboration des lois, le droit administratif concerne l’application de celles-ci. Il serait enrichissant de suivre également le cours Administrative Process/Processus administratif PUB2 400 puisque ce cours traite du droit interne développé par les organismes administratifs, alors que le présent cours, pour sa part, traite du contrôle judiciaire de ces décisions. Les deux cours sont complémentaires, mais ni l’un, ni l’autre ne sont des prérequis. Notez également que vous devriez suivre ce cours, Contentieux administratif, si vous désirez participer au concours Laskin. Le fait d’avoir suivi ce cours sera un élément favorable pris en considération lors de la sélection des membres de l’équipe de McGill pour ce concours. Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: Examen final et travail de mi-session optionnel Biography: Alexander Pless is senior counsel and regional manager with the Attorney General of Canada. He practices primarily in the areas of constitutional law, administrative law and Crown liability. His interests include judicial review, Crown liability, federalism, economic regulation and economic analysis of public policy.

PUB2 400 The Administrative Process (001) (005) *A*



Professor Richard Janda – English Winter, 3 credits Description: This course is about the processes by which policy is translated into law and applied by politically or socially responsible agencies in Canada. Most important, it considers ways in which the internal procedures and choices of administrators operating under statutory and consensual delegations of power are themselves governed by law. Following a thematic introduction to public processes of social ordering and value selection in Canada, several kinds of statutory decision-makers, and one consensual decision-maker, will be examined: a federal regulatory agency; a human rights commission; a criminal-injuries compensation board; a licensing/inspection agency; an ombudsman; a Crown corporation; and a voluntary association. These case studies are intended to demonstrate the allocative, rule-making, managerial, distributive, adjudicative, mediative, educational, and policy-making functions of government at work. Yet they also are designed to provide an introduction to such matters as statute interpretation, delegated legislation, administrative discretion, administrative procedures, judicial review, statutory appeals, and institutional design. Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: In term assignment, take home exam and participation.

PUB2 403 Municipal Law (001) Professor Hoi Kong – English Winter, 2 credits Description: In this course, we will study the structure, organization and powers of municipalities, and we will examine some contemporary local governance challenges. Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: Participation, paper and/or project.

PRV4 549 Equity and Trusts (001) (009) Professor Paul B. Miller – English Winter, 3 credits Description: This course examines the common law trust, which is a mode of holding property. Topics will include the historical foundations of the trust as a creature of equity; the nature of the trust; its many applications in the modern world; the creation and conditions of validity of the trust; powers and obligations of trustees; breach of trust and its consequences; trusts arising by operation of law; and the termination of trusts. A theme underlying the whole course is the practical and theoretical implications of the juridical nature of the common law trust as a relationship with respect to property. Prerequisites: Common Law Property Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: Mid-term examination: 25%. Final examination: 75%.



PRV5 582 Advanced Torts (001) (009)*CC* Professor Margaret Somerville – English Winter, 2 credits Description: Students in this seminar examine in-depth, undertake a class presentation, and write a paper on a selected problem in the law of torts such as protection of privacy, interference with economic and other relations, defamation, products liability, liability for mental injury, systems negligence, environmental torts, prenatal torts, new areas of tort liability, professional malpractice, strict liability, the future of tort law, liability of statutory authorities, statutory compensation schemes, etc. Prerequisites: Extra-Contractual Obligations Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: Seminar presentation, class participation, term paper.

BUS2 531 Banking Law (001) (009) Me Marc Lemieux – English Fall, 3 credits Description: This course focusses on the forms of payment that banks and other participants make available for use in Canada: cheques and drafts, letters of credit, credit, debit and prepaid cards, automated fund transfers (direct deposits and pre-authorized debits), electronic fund transfers and e-wallets. The main themes to be studied include: How is the payment industry regulated in Canada? What rules govern the various forms of payment? How are bank accounts and other payment and collection accounts instrumental in payment transactions? What legal relationships, statutory duties and other liabilities arise in payment transactions? Recent developments and emerging issues are discussed in a practical and trans-systemic manner. Class participation is encouraged. Prerequisites: TBA Format: TBA Method of Evaluation: One individual take-home assignment (worth 25% of the final grade), one group take-home assignment (worth 25% of the final grade) and an open-book final exam (worth 50% of the final grade). Biography: I am a bilingual lawyer trained in each of Canada’s civil and common law systems and called to the Bars of Quebec and Ontario. I have expertise in banking, finance and payment law, which I gained in national firms over the past 25 years. I represent banks and clients of banks, lending institutions and borrowers, and payment card networks, suppliers of payment card services and merchants in important court cases, financings and other commercial transactions, and regulatory compliance matters. I also have experience as vice-president of legal affairs and corporate secretary of a public company in the energy sector. I leaded a group of 15 employees and was responsible for the delivery to the president, the senior management team and the board of legal advice on a broad range of issues. In 2015 I was accredited as mediator and arbitrator and provide dispute resolution services by way of mediation and arbitration. I have a creative and collegial personality, a strategic and rational mind, and strong listening and communication skills.

BUS1 532 Bankruptcy and Insolvency (001) *A*



Me Kenneth Atlas – English Winter, 3 credits Description: Bankruptcy and Insolvency: Federal bankruptcy law, including the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, corporate restructuring using insolvency legislation, methods of becoming bankrupt, right to a discharge, the nature of claims provable in bankruptcy, impact on the person and his or her rights and on executory contracts, stays of proceedings, avoidance powers of trustees, and receiverships and workouts as alternatives to bankruptcy proceedings. Prerequisites: Secured Transactions recommended Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: Optional 25% mid-term, 100% or 75% (for those who do the mid-term) final exam. Biography: http://www.blg.com/en/ourpeople/atlas-kenneth

CMPL 565 International Humanitarian Law (001)(009) Professor René Provost – English Fall, 3 credits Description: "If international law marks the outer limits of our concept of formal law, then humanitarian law marks the outer limits of international law" - Hersch Lauterpacht. International humanitarian law or the Law of War, as a set of rules designed to regulate situations and behaviour marked by chaos, challenges our very notion of law. Politically, international humanitarian law has become a significant factor in international relations generally, and for Canada's foreign policy in particular. At a substantive level, international humanitarian law has experienced exponential development in the last twenty years, largely in reaction to a series of armed conflicts in which the belligerents' conduct has been scrutinized by the international community. As a result, humanitarian law has emerged as a complex and unique regime to protect a series of fundamental individual and community interests in wartime. The seminar aims to provide students with an overview of the basic principles of international humanitarian law while at the same time stimulating critical perspectives on the current state of rules aimed at the protection of the victims of war. Prerequisites: Public International Law recommended Method of Evaluation: Participation including two short critiques (25%), and a research essay (75%). Maximum Enrolment: 20 undergraduates; 10 graduates

CMPL 568 Extrajudicial Dispute Resolution (001) (009) Professor Marc Gold– English Fall, 3 credits



Description: This is a trans-systemic course on so-called alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in civil and commercial matters. It is concerned with the law and practice relating to the extrajudicial means, i.e. negotiation, mediation/conciliation and arbitration, through which the majority of civil and commercial disputes are nowadays resolved in both common law and civil law jurisdictions. Selected topics will include the effective drafting of mediation and arbitration agreements, the relationship between extrajudicial means of dispute resolution and the judicial process as well as the enforcement of settlements and arbitration awards. Prerequisites: Judicial Institutions and Civil Procedure Method of Evaluation: Mid-term assignment (15%); Class Participation (15%); final take-home examination (70%). Biography: Marc Gold. Adjunct Professor of Law, has own practice as mediator and arbitrator. Subject areas: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Mediation; Constitutional Law; Human Rights.

CMPL 573 Civil Liberties (001) (009) *HR* Me Pearl Eliadis – English Fall, 3 credits Description: The course examines the development of civil liberties as historical, social and political norms at the national and international levels. By looking at the role of the State, of civil society,and third party actors as catalysts or "disenablers" of these rights, the course takes students through both traditional and emerging human rights topics from torture, fundamental freedoms and "core" civil liberties to cyber-surveillance, secularism, and the right to die. The intersection between liberties and equality is examined through the lens of marginalized groups like Aboriginal peoples, people with disabilities and trans people. Guest lecturers will offer alternative perspectives. In addition to Canadian and international human rights law, the course will also look at key decisions from Africa, the US and Europe. Prerequisites: Constitutional Law Method of Evaluation: Research paper (fulfills faculty writing requirement - 75%) and combined alternative methods (presentations, short research reports) for the remaining 25% Biography: Pearl Eliadis has her law office in Montreal where she does mainly advisory and consultancy work with international organizations like the UN and the EU. Areas of research include national human rights institutions, the intersection between civil and political rights and equality law, the rights of girls and women, national security and identity politics.

PROC 459 Civil Litigation Workshop (001) Me James A. Woods with Me Sarah Woods – English and French Fall, 3 credits Description: The course is designed to provide both the technical and practical tools necessary for the advocate in civil litigation including the techniques applicable in discovery, production of exhibits, the examination of expert and ordinary witnesses, legal argument and trial tactics, culminating in a day-long simulated trial. Format: Lecture



Method of Evaluation: Class Participation: 40%; Final Trial Performance: 60% Biography James A. Woods: Ad. E. is the founding partner of Woods LLP. A member of the bar in various Canadian provinces as well as the Law Society of England and Wales and the Paris bar, he is frequently named as one of the best lawyers in Quebec and Canada. He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the Litigation Counsel of America, and the Federation of Defence and Corporate Counsel. For over 25 years, Me Woods has taught the course on civil litigation at the McGill University Law Faculty. With 39 years of experience in the litigation arena, he enjoys a sterling reputation in the courts of Quebec and Ontario, as well as the Federal Court and the Supreme Court of Canada. He was awarded the Advocate Emeritus honorary distinction by the Quebec Bar in 2013. Biography Sarah Woods: is a partner of Woods LLP and a member of the Quebec Bar and of the Law Society of Upper Canada. She has appeared before all levels of Quebec courts and before the Federal Court. Her diverse practice includes all aspects of commercial litigation, including shareholder disputes, securities litigation, professional liability and class actions. M e S. Woods has also taught civil litigation as co-professor with M e J. Woods at the McGill University Law Faculty for the past 10 years.

PROC 549 Louage (003) (010) Me Valérie Mac-Seing – French Winter, 3 credits Description: Dans un premier temps, ce cours vise à enseigner les principes de base du louage commercial immobilier québécois sous la perspective tant du bailleur que du locataire, ayant trait à un usage bureau, commerce de détail ou industriel. L’approche adoptée sera éminemment pragmatique et centrée sur la négociation de tels baux commerciaux. Dans un deuxième temps, nous survolerons les règles applicables en droit civil québécois relativement au crédit-bail et à la vente à tempérament d’équipement, incluant l’examen des particularités applicables à la location d’aéronefs. Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: Class participation 25% and 24-hour take home exam 75%. Biography: Valérie Mac-Seing is a partner in the Montreal office of McCarthy Tétrault. She practises commercial law, with broad expertise in real estate acquisitions, dispositions and structured finance. Me Mac-Seing advises real estate investment funds, pension funds, foreign investors, lenders, and real estate promoters in all aspects of their real estate transactions, and represents lenders and borrowers in the implementation of interim and permanent financing and in the financing of large corporations. She is also involved in the real estate aspect of commercial transactions such as the development and financing of projects in the energy, mining and infrastructures sectors.

CMPL 577 Communications Law (001) (009) *A* Dr. Sunny Handa – English Winter, 3 credits Description: This course deals with both the carriage and content dimensions of communications law and with regulatory institutions and regimes; it also touches upon related areas of law such as copyright law and other laws that apply to the distribution of content on the Internet. The central jurisdictional example used throughout the course will be Canada and the role of the CRTC (telecommunications and



broadcasting), Industry Canada (telecommunications and radiocommunications) and the Department of Canadian Heritage (broadcasting). The course will track the tension between economic regulation in telecommunications and cultural policy in broadcasting and the new paradigm being brought forward by the Internet. Technological and business convergence, rapid change in business organizations, international alliance structures and the role of the Internet will form the backdrop to the course. Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: Class participation: 25%, Formal presentation (includes a written component): 15%, written paper: 30% and Quizzes 30 %. Biography: Dr. Handa is a Partner and Co-Practice Group Leader of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP’s Technology Practice Group. He has a substantial practice in mergers and acquisitions of technology and communications companies and also deals with information technology, communications (telecommunications and broadcasting), intellectual property, and electronic commerce matters, and a wide range of corporate/commercial matters relating to technology and communications businesses. He also has an active life sciences/health law practice and has worked extensively for some of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies on a wide array of operational drug-related as well as corporate and commercial matters. Dr. Handa has published widely in legal literature and has authored and co-authored a number of books on information technology, communications law, copyright law and business. He has advised various governments and his writings have been cited with approval by many courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada.

CMPL 551 Comparative Medical Law (001) (009) Professor Margaret Somerville – English Fall, 2 credits Description: Students in this seminar examine in-depth, undertake a class presentation, and write a paper on a topic of current interest in medical law. Such topics include euthanasia, aging population, genetics, patient's rights, psychiatry, medical malpractice, reproductive technology, medical research, liability of ethics committees, etc. All aspects of the problems selected must be dealt with from a comparative law point of view and include Canadian law. The class comprises both graduate and undergraduate students. This course is particularly suited for law students with a background in some other field of study such as environmental problems, religious studies, ethics, medicine or paramedical fields, psychology, etc. who wish to undertake some transdisciplinary work. This is not to say that there are not many problems in the area which can be dealt with simply from a legal basis. Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: Seminar presentation, class participation, term paper.

BUS2 505 Corporate Finance (001) (009) Me Marc Barbeau – English Fall, 3 credits Description: This course focuses on advanced issues in business and corporate law. It provides the opportunity to understand how different areas of law interact in corporate capital structures and the core principles involved in designing these structures. Topics considered include the distinctive features of corporate securities, including shares and debt obligations, as well as their rights and protected



expectations in transformative transactions. The course requires students to draw upon their entire legal studies to address practical issues in corporate law. Prerequisites: Business Associations Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: Mid-term and take-home examination (24 hours) Biography: Marc Barbeau is a partner and a member of the firm’s Partnership Board. He is also a member of the Montréal Management Committee. Me Barbeau practices in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, complex reorganizations and corporate governance, including with respect to advising senior management and boards of directors. From 2005 until 2011, he headed the Montréal Business Law Group. Me Barbeau has lectured in Corporate Finance at the Faculty of Law, McGill University since 1996. He has been a panelist at conferences. Me Barbeau received the 2012 James A. Robb Award presented by the McGill University Faculty of Law.

PUB2 517 Corporate Taxation (001) (009) Me Robert Raizenne – English Fall, 3 credits Description: An extensive treatment of the taxation of business entities with an emphasis on the corporation and its shareholders; incorporation; continuance; reorganizations; distributions; some elements of the taxation of corporate finance; specific tax avoidance doctrines and rules; the General Anti-Avoidance Rule; and some consideration of the taxation of partnerships and trusts Prerequisites: Business Associations and Taxation Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: TBA

PUB2 422 Criminal Procedure (001) Professor Marie Manikis – English Winter, 3 credits Description: This course will provide students with an introduction to the Canadian criminal process, from police powers to detain, question, search, seize and arrest, through pre-trial procedures such as bail, disclosure, election and plea, and finally through the trial itself, including juries and trial procedure. The course will focus throughout on the effects of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms on criminal procedure. Critical perspectives of how the criminal process ought to be understood in light changing social, political and constitutional contexts will be explored. Prerequisites: Criminal Law; Evidence (Civil Matters) or Evidence (Criminal Matters) recommended. Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: TBA

LAWG 502 Sustainable Development Law (001) (009)



Professor Sébastien Jodoin – English Fall, 3 credits Description: This course aims to prepare students to design and implement initiatives that seek to move the world toward more sustainable forms of development and related patterns of behaviour. Part I of the course introduces students to the key concepts, principles, and indicators of sustainable development and provides an overview of basic causal logics of change at the individual, organizational, and policy scales. Part II of the course exposes students to the basic skills required for the pursuit of various forms of change, namely scenario-planning, entrepreneurship and leadership, story-telling, and negotiations. Part III of the course examines the potential and limitations of different types of interventions that can be pursued to promote meaningful transitions to sustainability, including public interest litigation, policy advocacy, social mobilization, behavioural interventions, corporate social responsibility, and social entrepreneurship. In doing so, it explores multiple theories of change drawn from political science, economics, management, sociology, and social psychology that apply in various domains and at various scales. Part IV of the course focuses on an array of instruments of policy and governance that can be adopted to move the world towards a more sustainable path, including both “old governance” approaches that focus on regulatory enforcement and compliance and “new governance” approaches that emphasize the use of markets, social norms, and learning. Part V of the course is organized around a series of sectoral case studies that focus on climate change, natural resources, urban governance, poverty, and health. Ultimately, this course aims to provide students with the skills and knowledge that will enable them to develop a sophisticated theory of change and use it to craft and implement effective solutions to complex problems at the intersections of economic, social, and environmental governance. Format: This class will be taught through a combination of interactive lectures, in-class group discussions, and problem-based learning.

Method of Evaluation: 10% participation and leadership in class discussions; 10% in-class exercises; 20% oral presentation; and 60% group term project. Students can select one of the following types of group term projects: (1) the creation of the business plan or model for a new social enterprise; (2) the crafting of an innovative policy proposal; (3) the drafting of a memo outlining a new avenue of strategic public interest litigation; or (4) the development of a campaign of behavioural, organizational or social change. Biography: Sébastien Jodoin is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Law of McGill University. His research seeks to understand the production and practice of law in the context of its relationship with processes of policy and social change, new and evolving forms of public and private governance, and the manifold forces associated with globalization. Prior to his appointment at McGill, Sébastien worked for the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law, the Canadian Centre for International Justice, Amnesty International Canada, the United Nations International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia, and Aon Risk Services. He is currently completing a PhD in environmental studies (law and public policy) at Yale University and holds a master’s in international relations from the University of Cambridge, a master’s in law from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and degrees in common law and civil law from McGill.

LAWG 505 Critical Engagements with Human Rights (001) (002) (009)



Dr. Nandini Ramanujam – English Fall, 3 credits Description: This seminar examines the connections between the theory and practice of human rights. It explores theoretical, ethical and strategic issues related to human rights discourse, advocacy and activism, and critically examines fact finding, monitoring and reporting, litigation, grass roots mobilization and media engagement in advancing human rights. The seminar is built upon recognition that students bring knowledge, experience and a diversity of perspectives to the classroom. The seminar draws heavily from students’ experiences, which guide the exploration of theoretical, ethical, and strategic issues related to human rights work. It represents part of an innovative clinical education program developed at the Faculty. The second half of the course is conceived as a writing workshop with the aim of translating field experiences into academic writing. The seminar employs participatory and collaborative learning strategies and the research and writing was guided through a systematic peer review process. Students who register in the course must have completed a Human Rights Internship, unless permission is granted by the instructor. Prerequisites: Human Rights Internship Field Placement (open to students who have pursued independent internships). Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: Paper (10% will be drawn from participation in peer review); Participation and

Presentation; Podcast.

LEEL 369 Labour Law (001) *A, HR* Professor Adelle Blackett – English (with extensive class participation both in French and English) Winter, 3 credits Description: This course provides a general introduction to labour law, focusing on collective bargaining and labour relations. Its emphasis is on the Quebec Labour Code and the Canada Labour Code, with frequent references to Ontario and other provincial developments. The course will also examine the effects of economic globalization on the efficacy of existing approaches to labour law. This course is the companion course to Employment Law. Prerequisites: None, although Administrative Process is recommended. Seminar: No, although students are invited to participate extensively and thoughtfully in classroom discussion. Method of Evaluation: Class participation: 25%; final examination: 50% or 75%; optional assignment or essay: 25%.

LEEL 570 Contrat d’emploi (003) (010) *A, T* Me François Longpré – French Winter, 3 credits



Description: This course proposes a pragmatic approach to the study of the individual contract of employment, beginning with an analysis of the relevant provisions of the Civil Code of Quebec and of the teachings of the Common Law. We will then turn our attention to employment standards, occupational injuries, workplace health and safety and human rights issues in the employment context. This course complements the Labour Law course. Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: Optional paper, final sit down exam. Biography: In private practice at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP and predecessors since 1989. Partner since 1998. Specializes in Labour & Employment Law, Workers’ Compensation, Occupational Health & Safety, Workplace Human Rights and Privacy

LEEL 570 Employment Law (001) (009) *A, T* Professor Adelle Blackett – English Fall, 3 credits Description: This course provides a transsystemic study of the individual employment relationship. It examines the historical development of private law notions from the master-servant relationship, and considers the impact of codal reform, protective statutory regimes and human rights law on contemporary employment law and practice. Throughout the course, the relationship between economic globalization and the efficacy of existing approaches to governing employment will be explored. This course is the companion course to Labour Law. Prerequisites: None, although Administrative Process is recommended and Labour Law would be an asset. Seminar: No, although students are invited to participate extensively and thoughtfully in classroom discussion. Method of Evaluation: Class participation: 25%; final examination: 50% or 75%; optional assignment or essay: 25%.

CMPL 536 European Union Law 1 (001) (009) Professor Armand de Mestral – English Fall, 3 credits Description: An analysis of the institutional and economic provisions of the Treaties establishing the European Union and current projects in creating a homogenous structure for commerce and competition within the Single Market. This course will stress the law governing the institutions, the relationship between community and domestic law and the process of judicial review by the Court of European Communities, external relations and the principles governing the free movement of goods, services, persons and capital. Comparisons are made with federal systems and free trade areas. Prerequisites: Public International Law recommended Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: Optional paper (33 1/3%) and examination



Biography: Emeritus Professor, Jean Monnet Professor. International Trade Law; Public International Law; International Arbitration; Law of the Sea; International Environmental Law; Constitutional Law and Comparative Constitutional Law; European Community Law; The Law of International Economic Integration; International Humanitarian Law.

LAWG 415 Evidence (Civil Matters) (001) *T* Professor Frédéric Bachand – English Fall, 3 credits Description: Basic principles of evidence as applied and developed in the context of civil litigation in Canadian jurisdictions and, more generally, in the French civil law and the Anglo-American common law traditions. Topics include theories of proof and evidence, adversarial and inquisitorial systems of proof, burden and standard of proof, relevance, the different kinds of evidence, i.e. notarial and documentary evidence, testimonial evidence (lay and opinion evidence), presumptions, admissions, demonstrative and autoptic evidence, the principal rules of admissibility, including the hearsay rule and its exceptions, and rules of extrinsic policy such as privileges and the exclusion of improperly obtained evidence. Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: Mid-term exam and final take-home exam.

LAWG 415 Evidence (Civil Matters) (001) *T* Me Douglas Mitchell – English Winter, 3 credits Description: Basic principles of evidence as applied and developed in the context of civil litigation in Canadian jurisdictions, with occasional references to the French civil law and the Anglo-American common law traditions. Topics include historical roots of the law of evidence in Canada; theories of proof and evidence; the role of the judge in the administration of evidence; burden and standard of proof; relevance and probative value; the different kinds of evidence, i.e. documentary evidence, testimonial evidence (lay and expert evidence), presumptions, admissions, production of material things); judicial notice; the principal rules of admissibility, including the hearsay rule and specific rules relating to the proof of contracts; and rules of extrinsic policy such as privileges, professional secrecy and the exclusion of improperly obtained evidence. Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: a) a 100% final, or b) 75% final and 25% in term assignment. Biography: He is a practitioner with the firm of Irving Mitchell Kalichman, a litigation firm in Montreal. He has been a sessional lecturer in Civil Evidence at McGill for a number of years.

LAWG 426 Evidence (Criminal Matters) (001)



Professor Alana Klein – English Fall, 3 credits Description: An introduction to principles of evidence with a focus on admissibility in criminal matters. Topics include burdens of proof, relevance, hearsay, opinion, character, similar facts, confessions and illegally-obtained evidence. Critical perspectives on the fact determination process and the impact of rules and principles of evidence on marginalized groups will be considered. Prerequisites: Criminal Law (mandatory); Criminal Procedure and Evidence (Civil Matter) (recommended) Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: TBA

LAWG 200 Commercial law *T* Adjunct Professor Jeffrey Edwards*, Me Nadine Afif** – English Fall, 3 credits Description: The contract of sale in the Civil Law and Common Law traditions; nature and scope of the contract of sale; conditions of formation; sale of property of another; obligations of the seller, including delivery, quality, title; obligations of the buyer, transfer of title; product liability; comparative reference made to the rules of the U.N. Convention on the International Sale of Goods and to American U.C.C. rules. Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: Final examination for 100 % of the grade. Students also have the possibility to submit a paper on a subject to be agreed upon with the instructor. The paper will count for 40 % of the final grade and is to assist. A student who submits a paper will have the option to be exempt from completing questions having a weight of 40 % on the final exam. Biography: *Judge of the Court of Quebec (Civil Division), B.C.L. (McGill), LL.B. (McGill), LL.D. (Laval), is a former practitioner who was one of the leading experts in Quebec in the law of product quality and defective workmanship. He is the author of the reference book on the subject: La garantie de qualité du vendeur en droit québécois. **LL.B. (Université de Montréal). Attorney at the firm of Tutino Joseph Grégoire, a leading law firm in Quebec in the law of sale, construction law and product liability.

LAWG 273 Droit de la famille (003) *T* Professor Robert Leckey – Français Fall, 3 credits Description: Le cours de droit de la famille se veut une étude de l’état civil et des effets extrapatrimoniaux des rapports entre parents et enfants ainsi que ceux entre conjoints. Couvrant à la fois la common law et le droit civil, il examine notamment le contraste entre les rapports familiaux de droit et ceux considérés – à tort ou à raison – comme étant de fait. Le cours comportera un angle historique et se référera à des données empiriques sur les pratiques familiales courantes. Le cours abordera de nombreuses perspectives théoriques, parmi lesquelles se retrouvent les approches féministe, queer, pluraliste et économique. Le cours mettra un accent sur la lecture attentive des jugements et des lois. Format: Lecture



Method of Evaluation: un examen final take home de six heures valant 75% de la note; un travail écrit de 650 mots valant 25% de la note, rédigé en plusieurs étapes (dont la rédaction, l’évaluation par les pairs et la révision).

LAWG 273 Family Law (001) *T* Professor Angela Campbell – English Winter, 3 credits Description: This course examines legal conceptions of the family and the relationships that exist within it, in particular, those between spouses and persons in intimate personal relationships, between children and parents, and between children and persons having a quasi-parental role (e.g., grandparents, step-parents). Particular themes considered include the nature and effects of the parent-child relationship (including issues related to establishing parentage through biological, social and adoptive links; surrogacy; assisted reproduction; custody and access; and child support), and the nature and effects of conjugal relationships (including issues related to marriage and conjugality, separation, divorce, spousal support and domestic agreements). The course will examine how these issues are treated in the common law, civil law and Aboriginal customary law traditions of Canada. Reference to other jurisdictions may also be made where relevant. Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: TBA

LAWG 300 Family Property Law (001) *T* Professor Robert Leckey – English Winter, 3 credits Description: Administration of and entitlement to wealth in conjugal and other close personal relationships, in chiefly the common law and civil law. Management and distribution of family resources through matrimonial regimes, marriage and domestic contracts, household mandates, common-law trusts and equitable remedies, legislative division of family assets, liberalities, social practice. The course will combine analysis of legislative and judicial policy with close reading of legislation and judgments. Prerequisites: Civil Law Property or Common Law Property; Family Law is helpful but not necessary Format: Lecture, purchase of clicker is mandatory for meaningful class participation Method of Evaluation: Multiple assessments: three in-class quizzes (15%) and two writing assignments (35% and 50%), each submitted in draft and then revised.

PUB2 500 Law and Psychiatry (001) (009) *A, HR* Me Derek Jones – English Winter, 3 credits Description: For centuries mental health conditions have bedeviled law and society. From the lunacy statutes and insanity defense of the 19th century, to the asylum laws and deinstitutionalization rulings of the 20th century, to human rights and therapeutic justice-inspired laws of the 21st century, the law has played a diversity of roles with psychiatry. This seminar explores the dynamic dimensions of law and



mental health. We begin with an overview of evolving scientific knowledge and understanding, the scientific basis and social construction of mental “disorder,” and their treatment by institutionalization, surgical and shock therapy, drugs, counseling, etc. The overview is intended to advance critical reflection on the roles of law as its interfaces with psychiatry/mental health sciences and modern interdisciplinary thought. We then draw on diverse sources of mental health law – e.g., human rights, equality and disability law; health law, torts and administrative law; criminal law -- to examine traditional and novel issues: informed consent and rights to (non)treatment, provider-client relations, competency/capacity, civil commitment and community treatment, human research, medical liability, forensic psychiatry, stigmatization theory and disability discrimination. The analyses draw on international and comparative norms to contrast the strengths, limits and voids of Canadian law. The course is open to 25 students. While preference for entry is given to law students, students from relevant interdisciplinary domains -- e.g., social work, humanities, nursing, medicine, bioethics, psychology – are welcome) Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: Students will be evaluated on the basis of class participation, a take home mid-term assignment, and a paper.

PUB2 501 Advanced Criminal Law (001) (009) Justice Patrick Healy and Me Elena Haba – English Fall, 3 credits Description: Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: Final Paper

PUB2 551 Immigration and Refugee Law (001) (009) *A, HR* Professor François Crépeau – English Fall, 3 credits Description: Immigration and refugee law concerns the fundamental question of who gets to be a member of a particular political community and how States regulate the crossing of borders. This course will examine how international law and domestic law deal with several migration issues: territorial sovereignty, border controls, immigration policies, temporary migrant workers policies, refugee status determination, temporary protection status, internally displaced persons, migrant smuggling, human trafficking, anti-terrorism policies, the role of administrative law in domestic immigration policies, the role of domestic courts and tribunals in protecting the human rights of migrants, identity politics and nationalist populist discourses, and the extent to which the rule of law generally can protect the human rights of migrants, wherever they are, as they lack status as citizens or permanent residents. Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: Class presentations and papers (50%); final exam (50%).



PUB2 503 Comparative Federalism (001) (009) Professor Johanne Poirier – English Winter, 3 credits Description: Despite the mishaps of some of its real-life incarnations, the “federal idea”, often summarised by the slogan “unity within diversity”, is frequently presented as one of the most effective ways of maintaining a degree of territorial and social cohesion in a state-like structure, without the disadvantages of forced homogeneity. Nearly 40 % of the world population lives in a federal country (there are around 25 of them). And an increasing number of states are considering federal-type solutions to accommodate ethnic/linguistic/religious/cultural diversity. Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: TBA

BUS2 500 Copyright and Trademark Theory (001) (009) CANCELLED Professor David Lametti – English Winter, 3 credits Description: This course consists of an examination and critical assessment of the some issues in copyright and trademark. The first part of the course will focus on current issues in copyright, for example, copyright reform, fair dealing/use, digital rights management, technological protection measures, and infringement in the internet context. The second part of the course will focus on more specific issues in trademark. These include issues associated with the changing nature of the market and the (perhaps changing) role that trademarks play in the market. Prerequisites: Intellectual and Industrial Property Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: Two short thought papers worth 75%; seminar presentation/introduction of class reading: 15%; Class attendance and participation: 10%

BUS2 502 Intellectual and Industrial Property (001) (009) Professor Richard Gold – English Fall, 3 credits Description: Intellectual property law provides a means through which to analyze the ways in which legal systems and markets seek to regulate aspects of innovation and creativity. The course will provide students with a general knowledge of the basic laws of copyright, trademark and patents, and a foundation upon which to build a deeper knowledge of intellectual property law. Prerequisites: Common Law Property Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: Final Exam and other in-term assessments



BUS2 502 Intellectual and Industrial Property (001) (009) Professor Julia Carbone Gold – English Winter, 3 credits Description: The intellectual property system is made of formal laws, norms, practices and institutions

that regulate how knowledge is produced, shared and used through exclusive rights. In this course,

students will gain a familiarity with the foundational theories grounding the intellectual property

system, a general knowledge of the basic laws of copyright, trademark and patents and an

understanding of the implications of the interaction among laws, norms, practices and institutions in

different contexts.

Prerequisites: Common Law Property Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: TBA

BUS2 502 Propriété intellectuelle (003) (010) Professor Pierre-Emmanuel Moyse – Français Winter, 3 credits Description: Introductory course in intellectual property law with an emphasis on trademark and copyright law. It also provides basic coverage of patent law. The course focuses on the interface and tensions between commercial & competition law and the special regimes prescribed by intellectual property statutory laws. The course reflects upon the notion of monopoly in a technologically-driven but increasingly non-egalitarian society, providing an open forum to discuss culture, access to culture, technology, progress and innovation. Prerequisites: Civil Law Property Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: 25% mid-term assignment and 75% final

BUS2 504 Securities Regulation (001) (009) Me Jakub Adamski and Me Marc Barbeau - English Winter, 3 credits Description: This course will introduce students to the regulatory regime governing the distribution of securities in Canada; the disclosure and governance requirements entities that issue such securities have imposed on them Canada by virtue of making such a distribution; the making of takeover bids and merger transactions; and the regulation of securities intermediaries. Prerequisites: Business Associations Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: TBA



PUB2 502 International Criminal Law (001) (009) *HR* Professor Frédéric Mégret – English Winter, 3 credits Description: Pinochet, Milosevic, Hussein, Kambanda, Taylor, Habré, Lubanga… The worldwide trend which is bringing former heads of states to account for some of their crimes is one of the most noteworthy in the recent development of international law. Drug trafficking, Money laundering, corruption, organized crime, cybercrime…Simultaneously, there seems to be no end to the need for the criminal law to internationalize itself. Together, these two trends – the criminalization of international law and the internationalization of criminal law – form part of the burgeoning discipline of international criminal law. This seminar proposes to discuss the main stakes begins the emergence of international criminal law. Both substantive international law (the actual crimes) and its enforcement mechanisms (domestic and international trials but also prevention and judicial cooperation) will be studied. The course will seek to provide a broad critical overview that merges the conceptual and the technical. Prerequisites: Criminal Law and Public International Law (Recommended) Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: Class assignments (50%); final exam (50%)

CMPL 571 International Law of Human Rights (001/009) Professor Frédéric Mégret – English Fall, 3 credits Description: Human rights have become the ubiquitous discourse of the international community. But what lies behind the rhetoric? Is there such a thing as international human rights law? How does it relate to state sovereignty? Are international human rights part of international law? Do they have special value? Do international human rights make a difference in the practice of states? Should international human rights law be different than it is? How is it enforced? Who benefits? What status, if any, does it have under domestic law? This course seeks to provide an introduction to international human rights law. It will examine the birth of the international human rights regime, from minority protection in the inter-war to the drafting of the Universal Declaration and the Covenants, and various regional sources embodying human rights principles. It will provide an introductory analysis of different generations of rights, their content and relation to each other, as well as the impact of inter-civilizational dialogue on the formulation of the global human rights regiMeIt will assess the role of universal (United Nations) and regional (American, European and African) human rights mechanisms whether judicial or not, in promoting and protecting human rights as well as some of the tensions that may arise with states as a result. The course will also consider a selection of cross0-cutting human rights issues (e.g.: terrorism, refugees, conditionality in development assistance, multinational corporations, transnational human rights litigation). Prerequisites: Public International Law Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: Participation (25%); final exam (75%)



CMPL 539 International Taxation (001) (009) Professor Allison Christians – English Winter, 3 credits Description: This course explores how Canada’s income tax regime deals with global economic capital and labour flows and how Canada’s tax regime interacts with the tax regimes of other countries. It considers as well the transnational legal order that both influences, and is influenced by, Canadian tax policymaking choices. Prerequisites: Taxation Sequence: Upper Year Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: TBA

PUB2 505 Statutory Interpretation (001) (009) Professor Frédéric Bachand – English Fall, 3 credits Description: This transsystemic course will explore theoretical, doctrinal and practical questions relating to the interpretation of domestic and international normative instruments (codes, statutes, constitutional texts, international treaties, contracts, wills, etc.). In addition to reflecting on the nature and theories of legal interpretation, as well as on the effect of interpretive rules on courts and tribunals, students will be invited to undertake a critical analysis of traditional and contemporary interpretive approaches followed by domestic courts and international adjudicative bodies. Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: Participation and Final Exam (the Final Exam will be a take-home exam).

PUB2 401 Judicial Review of Administrative Action (001) *A* Professor Evan Fox-Decent – English Winter, 3 credits Description: Can a judge order the Prime Minister to seek clemency for a Canadian on death row in the U.S.? Can the CRTC suspend the license of a radio station because the shock-jock makes defamatory remarks? Does the Barreau need to give you a copy of your exam if you fail the Bar admission course? There are the problems of administrative law. The course examines the theory and practice of judicial review of administrative action. The theoretical questions are the central ones to our democratic system and the separation of powers in Canada. The practice touches almost every area of substantive law where government action is present. If constitutional law is concerned with the making of law, administrative law concerns its application. You are encouraged to take Administrative Process prior to or concurrently with this course, since the focus of that offering is the internal law developed by administrative agencies, and it is judicial review of



the law and its outcomes that comprises the subject matter of the present course. Note as well that you should take this course, Judicial Review, if you wish to participate in the Laskin Moot. Having taken this course will count in your favour during the selection of McGill’s Laskin team. Prerequisites: Administrative Process (Recommended) Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: oral presentation, group assignment, open-book exam

CMPL 501 Jurisprudence (001) (009) Professor Daniel Weinstock – English Winter, 3 credits Description: This course examines philosophical arguments that underpin the way in which modern legal systems are set up. The focus this year will be on criminal and penal law. The course will examine both historical and contemporary sources to attempt to answer questions such as the following: how are crimes to be distinguished from other forms of malfeasance sanctioned by law? Is the category of “crime” a conceptually coherent category? What distinguishes criminal responsibility from other kinds of normatively significant attributions of responsibility? What is the connection between crime and punishment? What are the main ethical arguments underpinning the practice of punishment? How do they map out onto actual practices of punishment? Are there alternatives to criminalization that may be both normatively and practically preferable for certain forms of contested behavior? Prerequisites: None Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: TBA

LEEL 582 Law and Poverty (001) (009) *A, HR* Professor Alana Klein – English Fall, 3 credits Description: This course investigates the law’s relationship with poor and socially marginalized people. It examines the potential and limits of international law, constitutional law, and administrative law for addressing poverty related issues through case studies in areas that have a significant effect on poor and marginalized people, such as the criminal law, family law, and the law related to health care, housing, employment, and social welfare. Major themes include the meaning and usefulness of rights-based approaches; access to justice and participation in lawmaking; the relationship among international, domestic, local and community legal orders; problems of enforcement and accountability; and the impact of globalization, decentralization and privatization. Theoretical perspectives from critical legal studies, critical race theory, feminist approaches, and law and economics will be considered. Prerequisites: Criminal Law; Administrative Law; International Law (recommended) Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: TBA



CMPL 543 Law and Practice of International Trade (001)(009) *A* Professor Andrea Bjorklund – English Fall, 3 credits Description: This course will concentrate on the fundamental aspects of the law governing international economic relations between states in the global economy. The course will primarily focus on the World Trade Organization and the Agreements that states have undertaken by virtue of their membership in that body. We will analyze the principal obligations found in the WTO Agreements, with particular focus on trade in goods and services and on the dispute settlement processes states can invoke when they allege violations of the covered agreements. We will look at the rise in regional trade agreements and assess their interaction with the multilateral trading regime of the WTO. We will also study the intersection between WTO law and domestic law and become familiar with domestic trade law remedies. We will discuss the overlap between investment-related protections found in the WTO and those found in the international investment regime. Special attention will be paid to the implications of the rise of new actors (such as China and India) in the global economy and international economic law. Prerequisites: Public International Law (recommended) Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: 25% Written assignment and 75% take-home final exam.

LAWG 525 Legal Education Seminar (001) (009) Professor Shauna Van Praagh – English Winter, 3 credits Description: What does the meaningful teaching of law entail? And what do students of law learn, question, and experience? Participants in this seminar will engage in a discussion of the structures, institutions, objectives, and pedagogical possibilities connected to the learning and teaching of law. By delving into examples found across time and space, they will reflect on the ways in which legal education continues to be challenged, modified, and redefined. Written work for the seminar will explore different perspectives on the governance and pedagogical frameworks associated with the teaching of law. Opportunities for teaching experience and for providing constructive evaluation of pedagogical techniques will be incorporated into the classroom sessions, and participants will be encouraged to pursue publication of their papers. Prerequisites: Note that the seminar will meet once a week for three hours, and is directed primarily, although not exclusively, to doctoral students in law. Students in the BCL/LLB and LLM programs who wish to take the seminar should have demonstrated substantial preparation in the form of relevant experience, writing, or study, and may wish to consult the professor or respective Associate Deans before registering. Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: 40% In-term Writing and Participation (15% Leading a Session (with associated

documents prepared), 10% General Engagement, 15% Observation/Critique Memo), 60% Final Essay (5000

words)



BUS2 501 Patent Theory and Policy (001) (009) CANCELLED Professor Richard Gold – English Winter, 3 credits Description: This seminar examines the theory and policy behind the awarding of patent rights. The seminar takes on a transdisciplinary approach to patent systems, examining them from not only a legal, but also an economic, philosophical and social perspective. Students should be prepared to engage in substantial reading and be prepared to actively participate in class discussions, bringing a critical perspective. Prerequisites: Intellectual and Industrial Property Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: Research paper and participation

LAWG 316 Private International Law (001) *T* Professor Geneviève Saumier – English Fall, 3 credits Description: This course is concerned with multi-jurisdictional private law relationships and disputes with a focus on contractual and extra-contractual obligations. We will inquire into how court jurisdiction is established, what law governs transborder legal relationships and disputes, and the effect of court judgments across borders. Sources will focus on the law of Canadian provinces but European, American and international sources will also be examined. Prerequisites: Judicial Institutions and Civil Procedure course (recommended) Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: Assignments and final exam

PUB2 105 Public International Law (001) *HR* Professor Jaye Ellis – English Fall, 3 credits Description: Overview of the basic architecture of public international law. Fundamental elements of this legal system, that is, the constitution of the system’s boundaries, subjects and authors of international law, and the making, interpretation, and application of law. We focus on the state, which remains the dominant actor and therefore a natural starting point for a basic course in public international law. However, we will pay close attention as well to other actors – individuals, civil society organisations, corporation – as well as other sites of normativity, particularly transnational law, and including non-state law, often included in the category of ‘soft law’. Also of interest are interactions between international and domestic (municipal) law. Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: Written assignments and take-home examination.



PUB2 105 Public International Law (001) *HR* Professor Payam Akhavan – English Winter, 3 credits Description: This course is an introduction to the public international legal order, focusing on the complex inter-relationship between normative aspirations, power realities, and the globalization process. The concept, viability, and discourse of legal authority in a decentralized system of sovereign States will be explored through the prism of diverse topics ranging from human rights to the use of force. The influence and practical consequences of this peculiar system on the emergence, content, and implementation of norms will also be examined. In addition, the transformation of the elements and attributes of State sovereignty will be assessed in light of the proliferation of diverse non-State actors such as liberation movements, non-governmental organizations, and transnational corporations. Beyond this distinct normative system, a significant part of the course is dedicated to understanding the interrelationship between international law and domestic law, and its far-reaching impact on Canadian constitutional law. Upon completion of the course, students should be (1) conversant with the basic principles, rules, processes and institutions of public international law; (2) capable of applying these to the analysis of legal issues; (3) proficient in international law research; (4) be able to critically evaluate various aspects of the public international legal system; and (5) develop an informed opinion about the relevance and viability of public international law. Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: An open‐book exam, worth 70% of the final grade; 2. A concise 500‐word writing assignment on a selected topic worth 20% of the final grade; and 3. Active participation in class throughout the course, worth 10% of the final grade. Students will be called upon to discuss the assigned readings and should prepare for classes accordingly. Familiarity with class discussions will also be necessary for parts of the final exam.

PUB2 105 Droit international public (003/006) *HR* Professor Frédéric Mégret – French Winter, 3 credits Description: Ce cours envisagera l'émergence historique d'un droit international entre États ainsi que la théorie qui sous-tend le droit international. Le cours couvrira un certain nombre de grandes questions telles que la théorie des sujets, la nature des obligations internationales, ou le rôle des institutions internationales. Il sera aussi l'occasion, à travers l'étude d'un certain nombre de crises et de grandes affaires internationales, de s'interroger sur les possibilités de l'ordre international. Quelques grands thèmes seront envisagés tels que le droit de lamer, le droit des délimitations territoriales, le droit des immunités, la Charte des Nations Unies, la responsabilité internationale, etc. Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: 25% class participation, and 75% final exam

PRV3 534 Remedies (001) (009) *CC*



Professor Stephen Smith – English Winter, 3 credits Description: This course is a study of private law remedies, such as injunctions, specific performance, damages, and constructive trusts. Because the law of remedies cannot be understood separately from the substantive law, the course materials range across nearly the entirety of private law. The course could be called ‘advanced advanced common law’. Thus the course examines both personal and proprietary remedies, and does so in the context of claims based not just on contract and tort, but also fiduciary obligations, unjust enrichments, and other sources of obligations. Special emphasis is given to understanding the role of remedial rights within the broader structure of private law. Other themes will include the appropriateness of proprietary remedies, the desirability of giving judges discretion when awarding remedies, and the (alleged) distinctiveness of both equitable remedies and remedies for the breach of equitable duties. Some reference will be made to the civil law. Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: Final examination, assignment.

CMPL 512 Theories of Justice (001) (009) Professor Victor Muniz Fraticelli – English Winter, 3 credits

Description: The course will be an examination of the concept and principles of distributive justice, that is, of the way that major social institutions (the state, the family, the market, etc.) make various social goods (from civil liberties to economic opportunities to health care and beyond) available across societies. The course will focus on John Rawls’ A Theory of Justice, arguably the major work on the subject in the last century, and on criticisms and developments of Rawls’ theory. Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: Presentations, class discussion, final paper.

CMPL 515 International Carriage of Goods by Sea (001) (009) Me David Colford – English Winter, 3 credits Description: A study of the law governing carriage of goods by sea contracts in the context of the evolving framework of international conventions (Hague-Visby Rules, Hamburg Rules, Rotterdam Rules 2009) Substantive topics include the law governing marine transport contracts, bills of lading and waybills, the balancing of interests between carriers and shippers, mandatory obligations and exculpations, and commercial allocation of risk, exclusion, limitation and indemnity clauses. Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: TBA

CMPL 533 Resolution of International Disputes (001) (009)



Professor Andrea Bjorklund – English Winter, 3 credits Description: A seminar dealing with current methods of resolving international disputes, with an emphasis on international commercial arbitration. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanisms will also be examined in their international aspects. The course will address the issue of transnational rules of law and the interplay between rules of public and of private international law, notably in the context of dispute resolution between states and private parties. The programme will feature several high-profile speakers. Prerequisites: Public International Law, Private International Law (recommended) Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: BCL/LLB students: Participation, paper; LLM students: Participation, with class presentation, paper/oral exam option

PUB2 504 Sentencing in Canadian Law (001) (009) Marie Manikis – English Fall, 3 credits Description: This course reviews the general principles and aims of sentencing in the criminal process, procedure and evidence, and review by appellate courts. An examination of selected topics includes mandatory sentences of imprisonment, comparative models for controlling judicial discretion, victim participation in sentencing, plea bargaining, restorative justice, aboriginal offenders, and youth offenders. Prerequisites: Recommended, but not obligatory, one basic course in criminal law or evidence such as -Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Evidence (Civil Matters) or Evidence (Criminal Matters). Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: TBA

LAWG 400 Secured Transactions (001) *T* Professor Catherine Walsh – English Fall, 4 credits Description: This course is about the legal institutions by which debtors deploy their assets to secure the payment of an obligation due to their creditors, and the relative rights of secured creditors as against other claimants, both outside of and within the context of insolvency. The course will focus primarily on security over movable property; only passing reference will be made to security over immovable property. Attention will be paid to the underlying economic and political logic of secured transaction regimes in market economies. Prerequisites: Common Law Property Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: Final examination; in-term written assessment (format and weight TBA). _____________________________________________________________________________________



LAWG 400 Droit des sûretés (003) *T* Professeure Yaëll Emerich – French Winter, 4 credits Description: Ce cours vise à étudier les diverses techniques par lesquelles les vendeurs et les prêteurs, ainsi que les créanciers qui ne détiennent pas de sûretés conventionnelles, peuvent garantir l’exécution d’une obligation qui leur est due par leur débiteur. Il traite des sûretés mobilières et immobilières tant en droit civil qu’en common law, ainsi que d’autres mécanismes juridiques tels que la vente à tempérament, le louage, le crédit-bail et la fiducie-sûreté. Le cours aborde le régime législatif des hypothèques (CCQ), les sûretés mobilières (PPSA) et le mortgage (tant dans les systèmes Torrens que dans les systèmes des Lois sur l’enregistrement des droits fonciers). Prerequisites: Civil Law Property and Common Law Property Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: quiz ou exposé en classe: 25%; examen final: 75% (TBC).

LAWG 537 SP Topics in Law 18: Class Actions (001) (009) Me Shaun Finn (assisted by Me Benedicte Martin) – English Fall, 3 credits Description: This course consists of a practical and comparative approach to class actions. Although mainly focused on Quebec, we will also look at the class action regimes of the common law provinces, the United States and France. Particular attention will be paid to class action practice from the perspectives of both plaintiff and defendant counsel, notably with regard to how a class action is brought, analysed and pleaded. Students will be expected not only to attend class, but to participate actively by expressing their views, drafting pleadings and, at the end of the term, helping to argue a motion for authorization of a class action. Experts in the field will also be invited to comment on key issues. Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: 10% for class participation; 40% for a written outline of argument; 50% for a verbal presentation of the argument.

LAWG 537 SP Topics in Law 18: Interd Aboriginal Constitution Making (001) (009) Professor Kirsten Anker – English Winter, 3 credits Description: This course will focus on the project of drafting a constitution for a specific First Nation in Canada, in collaboration with members of that community. Students will study the political, legal and economic contexts for this exercise of inherent jurisdiction, with comparative analysis. The course will also engage theoretically with the idea of written constitutions, with cultural translation and representation, and with postcolonial self-determination. Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: Class presentations, commentary paper, essay



LAWG 539 SP Topics in Law 20: Banking and Credit Law (002) (010) Me Marc Lemieux – English Winter, 3 credits Description: TBC Format: TBC Method of Evaluation: TBC

LAWG 516 SP Topics in Law 6: Law and Popular Culture (002) (010) Professor Wendy Adams – English Winter, 3 credits Description: The objective of this seminar is to examine both theoretical accounts and specific experiences of relationships between law and popular culture. Much research and teaching in this area analyzes law in popular culture, e.g., representations of state law in movies and novels, or popular culture in law, e.g., how media representations of law affect jury expectations in criminal trials. A more recent and far-reaching approach is to examine popular culture and law as mutually constitutive discourses, an emancipatory perspective that elides familiar disciplinary borders. Throughout the course, we seek to understand the full range of our normative possibilities, and the many different ways we consider ourselves bound by law. Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: Final assignment and in-term assessments.

LAWG 516 SP Topics in Law 6: Mediation (001) (009) Professors Véronique Bélanger & Geneviève Saumier – English Winter, 3 credits Description: This course will examine Mediation as a method of dispute resolution in civil matters. Students will be exposed to the theoretical foundations of mediation and to different schools of mediation practice. The course will also touch on some aspects of negotiation. The course will include numerous role-playing exercises and will also welcome mediation practitioners as guest speakers. Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: Participation, group project and final exam.

LAWG 517 SP Topics in Law 7: Critical Race Theory (001) (009)



Professor Adelle Blackett – English Winter, 3 credits Description: This course will explore the evolving contours of a theoretical approach to law that has developed both a substantive challenge to legal liberalism and critical legal studies, as well as an alternative literary style built on the use of narrative. It will examine the foundational writings in the field, and consider recent developments of CRT in the Quebec and Canadian contexts, as well as in other selected settler colonial states. Students will be encouraged to develop a close understanding of CRT's intellectual commitments, possibilities and challenges. Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: paper (75%) and class participation (25%)

LAWG 517 SP Topics in Law 7: Chinese Business Law (001) (009) Professor Guanghua Yu – English Fall, 3 credits Description: This course examines Chinese business law from a functional perspective. In the course students will be introduced to the fundamental legal concepts relating to civil and commercial relations and transactions in China as well as the principles underlying the areas of law, including contracts, secured transactions, corporations, payment mechanisms, and direct foreign investment. In the teaching, both a descriptive account of the law and interdisciplinary methods of studying some areas of the law such as contract law and corporate law of China will be provided. Through the study of the above specific areas of law, students will be provided with the necessary analytical skills and judgmental power essential for

their future transactions involving Chinese business law. Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: Final Exam: 50%, Research Paper: 40%, Participation: 10%.

LAWG 516 SP Topics in Law 6: Anatomy of a Murder Trial (001) Justice Carol Cohen – English Fall, 3 credits Description: This course will cover jury trials as seen through the eyes of a Superior Court judge, using murder trials as a backdrop, and will include the following topics:

getting to a jury trial

murder trials in Superior Court

judicial interim release and other pre-trial matters

jury selection

the voir dire (before and during trial)

questions of procedure and trial process

hearsay and other evidentiary issues

pleading before a jury

There will be guest speakers, including lawyers and other judges.



Prerequisites: All students registering for this seminar course must have successfully completed the basic course in Criminal law. Criminal Procedure and Criminal Evidence are strongly recommended. No more than 20 students will be accepted into the seminar. Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: 10% class participation, 50% for a paper dealing with one of the topics discussed in class (including in-depth research) and 40% for a verbal presentation of each student’s paper during the final weeks of the course. * Some presentations (by students and guests) will be in French only. Instructor biography: Madam Justice Carol Cohen will be completing her 17th year as judge of the Quebec Superior Court this fall, having been appointed in 1997. Justice Cohen is active in many legal and judicial organizations and serves as Bench liaison and Board member of the Lord Reading Law Society, Director of both the Canadian Superior Court Judges Association and the Conférence des juges des Cours supérieures du Québec, Board member of the Quebec section of the Canadian Bar Assocation, Board member of the Canadian Chapter of the International Association of Women Judges and former President and Board member of the Juriclub of Montreal. She was a judicial member of the 2010 Canadian Delegation to Jamaica for Project JUSTICE (Judicial Systems Improvement for Commerce and Economy, a joint venture of the Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada and the National Judicial Institute) and was delegate to conferences of the International Association of Judges in Morocco (2009) and in Mexico (2004). Madam Justice Cohen was called to the Quebec Bar in 1983, and practiced at the law firm Chait Amyot (now de Grandpré Chait), becoming a partner in 1989.

**NEW COURSE** LAWG 518 SP Topics in Law 8: Chinese and Anglo-Canadian Comparative Contract Law (001) (009) Visiting Professor Qiao Liu – English Winter, 3 credits Description: Chinese and Anglo-Canadian Comparative Contract Law is an introductory course aiming to cultivate students’ awareness of the fundamental differences existing between Chinese contract law and Anglo-Canadian contract law and develop their skills in conducting a critical comparative study of the two systems. The course will address the existing gaps in the understanding and application of contract rules between the comparators and adopts a distinctly problem-oriented approach by focusing on the rules as applied by courts and their jurisprudential bases. The course consists of a series of seminars in each of which the students will explore with the course coordinator a specified recurring contract problem common to both comparators, how it is approached and resolved by domestic courts and the advantages or disadvantages of such judicial solutions. Together these seminars will cover all important areas of contract law, such as contract formation, validity (including vitiating factors), performance, discharge, breach and remedies. Students enrolled in the course will be evaluated by seminar participation and an essay submitted at the end of the course. The course is intended for all students who have completed a course on contract law in either a civilian or common law jurisdiction. Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: TBA



Biography: Lee Kai Shing Visiting Professor, McGill University Faculty of Law, January-June 2016, is Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland, Australia and Professor of Law, Law School, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China. Professor Qiao Liu obtained his DPhil in law from the University of Oxford and was a visiting scholar at the Harvard Law School from July to August 2012. Professor Liu teaches and researches in contract, commercial law and Chinese law, with a particular interest in comparative study of Chinese and Anglo-Australian private law. He is the author of Anticipatory Breach (Hart Publishing, Oxford, Jan 2011) and Contract Law – Australian Edition (with Ewan McKendrick, Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming 2015) and has published in the Modern Law Review, the Cambridge Law Journal, the Sydney Law Review, Legal Studies, Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly and Canadian Business Law Journal. He currently serves as Executive Deputy-Editor-in-Chief of the Chinese Journal of Comparative Law (OUP) and is a recipient of the Australian Research Council Discovery Early-Career Researcher Award.

LAWG 518 SP Topics in Law 8: Agency Law (002) (010) CANCELLED Professor Evan Fox-Decent – English Winter, 3 credits Description: This is primarily a private law offering on agency and mandate law. It will be taught transsystemically, across the common law and civilian legal traditions. The course may also include some public law applications of the agency/mandate idea, such as the problem of odious debt under international law (i.e., debt assumed and pilfered by a corrupt official, and later charged to the state’s people). Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: Student presentations, papers and a final exam.

LAWG 518 ST in Law 18: Political Law Dr. Gregory Tardi – English Fall, 3 credits Description: There are specific characteristics in the current practice of democracy in Canada. The electoral system is increasingly more partisan and contested. The government has become more powerful, seemingly at the expense of Parliament. The attachment of the courts to legality is being questioned. In this context, Political Law is best defined as the study of democratic governing from a specifically legal perspective. Within the legal system proper, it comprises the comprehensive study of the legal instruments used in the architecture of the state and in the conduct of democratic governing. On an interdisciplinary level, Political Law also analyzes the interaction among legal, public policy and political instruments and seeks to understand the influence and impact of law in government. This is an examination of the role of law and therefore of the rule of law in the relations among the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Branches. It is also an exploration of accountability to law on the part of public officials, especially heads of state and government. This course seeks to impart specific skills: comparative analysis of democracies, observance of the requirements of legality, choice of instruments in governing, proper motives in the use of law, and decisional factors in litigation and prosecution. The 2015-16 edition of the course will pay particular attention to the 42nd federal general election and its aftermath. Format: Seminar



Method of Evaluation: One paper, effective class participation and a short “Lessons Learned” document.

LAWG 535 SP Topics in Law 16: International Human Rights Amicus Brief Professor René Provost - English/French/Spanish Winter, 3 credits Description: This course will be a selected-enrolment seminar in which we will collaboratively prepare one or two amicus briefs that will be filed before an international human rights tribunal. At this stage, it is too early to definitely determine which tribunals and which cases will be chosen, but it is likely that one amicus brief will be prepared in relation to a case before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (San José, Costa Rica), and possibly a second amicus brief in relation to a case before the European Court of Human Rights (Strasbourg, France). Selection of students: Students will be invited to submit an application in the fall. Candidates will be chosen on the basis of superior research and writing skills, ability to work in a team, demonstrated interest in international human rights, coursework completed in human rights law, and ability to write in English, French or Spanish (depending on the cases and tribunals selected). Prerequisites: Public International Law and International Law of Human Rights will be an asset. Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: Contribution to the research and writing of the briefs, graded Pass/Fail. Maximum Enrolment: 8 students (undergraduate and graduate) Registration: Selected students will be assigned a “Permit to Register” that will allow registration on Minerva. The permit is assigned by the SAO.

LAWG 535 SP Topics in Law 16: Corporate Law Theory (001) (009) Professor Paul B. Miller – English Fall, 3 credits Description: This course addresses foundational questions of corporate law theory from economic, philosophical, historical and other perspectives. The thematic focus of the course varies from year to year, but amongst other things we may consider questions concerning the nature of the corporation; the historical and contemporary relationship between business, non-profit, governmental, and hybrid forms of corporation; the ways in which corporations implicate and impact fundamental categories of private law (especially property and contract); the ways in which corporations are situated within, and/or problematize, conventional accounts of the relationship between private and public law; and the roles respectively for law, corporate constituents, markets, and formal and informal social norms in shaping the structure, governance, and regulation of corporations. Prerequisites: Business Associations Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: Participation: 30%. Presentation: 30%. Final paper: 40%.



LAWG 536 SP Topics in Law 17: Éthique, déontologie et droit professionnel (003) (010) Justice Louise Provost, J.C.Q. – French Fall, 3 credits Description: Ce cours est destiné principalement au futur praticien du droit au Québec. À une époque où le mot éthique est prononcé et cité quotidiennement, ce cours traitera de la distinction entre l'éthique et la déontologie, traitant de cette dernière tant sous l'angle judiciaire que disciplinaire. Seront également examinés les diverses instances judiciaires, quasi-judiciaires et administratives ainsi que les codes et principes de déontologie. Vous connaîtrez les modes de sélection des juges fédéraux et provinciaux. Le droit professionnel, surtout l'Ordre professionnel des avocats du Québec, sera étudié en détail ainsi que le comportement attendu de l'avocat tant à la Cour qu'à l'égard de ses confrères et clients. Des sujets connexes seront aussi abordés. Ce cours vous permettra donc de mieux connaître les exigences, les devoirs et les qualités requises pour exercer votre future profession. Enfin, des conférenciers dont des juges, avocats, syndics, etc. seront également invités. Prerequisites: Pour les étudiants ayant déjà suivi un cours de procédure civile. Cours de droit criminel et administratif seraient également utiles. Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: Débats contradictoires (seul ou en groupes) et/ou présentation orale 30%, participation 10% et examen final (sit down) 60%. Biographie : Nommée juge à la Cour du Québec à Montréal, chambre criminelle et pénale, en mai 1991, Madame la juge Louise Provost est nommée juge en chef adjointe en matière criminelle et pénale pour l’ensemble du Québec, le 31 août 1995, pour un mandat de sept ans. En mars 2003, elle est désignée membre du Tribunal des professions, un tribunal d’appel siégeant principalement en matière disciplinaire des décisions rendues par les conseils de discipline des 45 corporations d’ordre professionnel. Le 12 décembre 2003, le juge en chef la nomme Vice-présidente de ce tribunal et, à compter du 31 décembre 2005, Présidente du Tribunal des professions pour un mandat d'une durée de sept ans. En vertu de la Loi sur les tribunaux judiciaires, elle a également siégé à titre de membre du Conseil de la magistrature du Québec de 1995 à 2002 ainsi que de 2009 à 2012. Durant son mandat, elle a examiné plus de 800 plaintes et a siégé sur de nombreux comités d’enquête dont certains à titre de présidente. Elle s'intéresse à l'éthique et à la déontologie judiciaire. Elle est conférencière sur ce sujet depuis de nombreuses années. En novembre 2013, Madame la juge Provost devient juge suppléante à la Cour du Québec. Depuis l'automne 2014, elle est chargée de cours à la faculté de droit de l'Université McGill en «Éthique, déontologie et droit professionnel».

LAWG 536 SP Topics in Law 17: Restorative Justice (001) (009) Professor Ronald Niezen – English Winter, 3 credits Description: This course will introduce students to the philosophy, history, guiding principles, and practice of restorative justice (RJ). It offers a comparative approach, with material drawn from Canada, the U.S.A. Great Britain, continental Europe, Africa, Latin America, and elsewhere, to consider the ways that RJ is being integrated into the study and practice of criminology, sociology, social work, and transitional justice. The contrast between retributive and restorative approaches to crime and conflict resolution will be the foundation for a critical examination of the RJ movement, with a focus on its potential to reduce crime rates while providing alternatives to prison systems.



Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: Research paper; take-home final exam.

LAWG 538 SP Topics in Law 19: Sports Law (001) (009) Me Benoit Girardin – French and English Winter, 3 credits Description: This course is an introduction to sport law. The following themes will be discussed and presented during the course. Generally, the course presents the legal issues in both amateur (or Olympic sports) and professional sports.

1. Sport systems (/Olympic Movement, pro sports systems) 2. ADR in sport (national and international ADR in sport) 3. Doping in sports (WADA and National Anti-Doping Programs,) 4. Liability and Violence in sports 5. Commercial issues in amateur and Pro sports 6. Legal issues in major sporting events (sports issues, risk management, marketing issues, and other commercial issues) (Legal issues at Olympic Games) 7. Professional Sports CBA and SPC in Pro Sports (Collective Bargaining Agreement and Standard Players Contracts for professional players)-Agents and professional and amateur athletes 8. Sports law in Canada and Careers in sport law

This introductory sport law course will consist of lectures by Professor Girardin and invited guests, simulation exercises (arbitration simulation), intensive class discussion and debate, business cases in sports law. Students will be invited to participate in sports law debates presented by our guest. The student will gain a good overview and understanding of the sport law issues on a national and international scale along with a new body of knowledge of specific sports related issues and topics. The course is practical, dynamic and diversified, but hard work will be required to obtain the maximum benefit of it. Format: Seminar, jurisprudence analysis, arbitration simulation, paper presentation guest speakers. Method of Evaluation: Participation 25%, In-term assignments 75%

LAWG 538 SP Topics in Law 19: Regional Trade Agreements and the Law of the WTO (001) (009) Professor Armand de Mestral – English Fall, 3 credits Description: This seminar will focus on the rapidly expanding phenomenon of regional trade agreements - bilteral and plurilateral. Particular agreements (concluded such as: NAFTA, Chine - New Zealand, ASEAN,MERCOSUR,SADAC; and under negotiation: TIPP, Canada-EU,TTIP,AFTA etc.) will be reviewed. Particular emphasis will be placed on evolving institutions and dispute settlement as well as their relationship to the law of the World Trade Organisation. Format: Seminar



Co-requisites: students should have a knowledge of international law and international trade law. Method of Evaluation: Evaluation to be on the basis of a paper both written and presented in class. Biography: International Trade Law; Public International Law; International Arbitration; Law of the Sea; International Environmental Law; Constitutional Law and Comparative Constitutional Law; European Community Law; The Law of International Economic Integration; International Humanitarian Law.

**NEW COURSE** LAWG 538 SP Topics in Law 19: Sexual Assault Offences (002) (010)

Sara Henningsson – English Fall, 3 credits Description: This course will cover substantive and evidentiary considerations relating to sexual assault offences with a focus on the application of those principles in a courtroom setting. Topics will include the preparation for trial, elements of the relevant offences and the defences available, recognizing and demonstrating credibility of a witness, the practical difficulties of examination and cross-examination of children and the burden of proof. There will also be particular attention given to conjugal violence cases. The objective of this course is for students to achieve a clear understanding of the practical questions of law that arise during a sexual assault trial. Some of these questions are well established in theory but difficult to recognize and resolve in practice. Format: Seminar and Lecture Pre-requisites or Co-requisites: Evidence, Criminal Matters or Evidence, Civil Matters, Criminal Law Method of Evaluation: Class Participation (attendance and discussion) 20%, Term Paper (same topic as your presentation) 50%, Class Presentation 30% Biography: Sara Henningsson is a practicing litigation attorney since 2003. She is currently a crown prosecutor at the Québec Provincial Crown Office in Montréal and has been since 2007. Her practice is focussed on all crimes of violence but particularly on sexual assault offences and crimes against children. Me Henningsson has also been a visiting lecturer at the McGill Faculty of law for the past few years.

LAWG 539 SP Topics in Law 20: Negotiation and Mediation (001) (009) Justice Louise Otis – English Fall, 3 credits Description: This intensive course explores the skills of assisted conflict resolution processes namely negotiation and mediation. In a dynamic and interactive environment, students will learn the role of counsels and neutral parties in negotiation and mediation processes, as well as experience the skills necessary to be effective in those roles. Students will also get an opportunity to reflect on the role of the lawyer assisting a party to a negotiation or mediation and the legal norms and ethical guidelines governing all parties involved.

The course provides an overview of the foundations of assisted conflict resolution and specifically discusses mediation, its origin, practices and cultural traditions in the context of national disputes (civil, commercial, labour, and community) as well as international ones.



Through role-play exercises, live demonstrations, case studies and discussions with renown negotiators and mediators, students will have the opportunity to practice the skills required for effective dispute resolution and learn from the experience of experts in that field. Pre-requisites: Must have completed two years in the program. Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: Practical exercises and simulations 75%, final paper 25%

PUB2 420 Trial Advocacy (001) Me Catherine McKenzie and Me Janet Michelin– English Winter, 3 credits Description: The purpose of this course is to analyze and instruct on the methods and techniques of court room advocacy at the trial and appellate level in written and oral pleadings. The course will investigate how evidence, law and jurisprudence can be organized and structured into legal arguments. Examples of pleadings and Court room orations will be studied. The role and conduct of plaintiff, Crown and defense counsel as pleaders will be examined. The ethics of trial advocacy will be studied. Secondary aspects of pleading such as the pleading of objections to evidence and motions will also be examined. Class time will be used in theoretical lectures, practical exercises and demonstrations. The emphasis will be on student participation. Prerequisites: Judicial Institutions and Civil Procedure Method of Evaluation: A combination of oral presentation/pleading, written assignments, and class participation. The oral submission will be based on the presentation of an argument. The written assignments will include drafting proceedings. _____________________________________________________________________________________ PUB2 515 Tax Policy (001) (002) (009) Professor Allison Christians – English Fall, 3 credits Description: This course examines the foundations of tax policy in Canada and around the world. The course will integrate a colloquium with invited speakers. This year, the Colloquium will concern itself with the policy grounds for corporate income taxation, including whether and how corporations can and should be the subject of taxation, what criterion should be used to make that decision, and how corporate tax can be implemented in the context of economic globalization. Prerequisites: Taxation Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: Bi-weekly writing assignments

PUB2 313 Taxation (002)



Professor Allison Christians – English Fall, 4 credits Description: This course covers the who, what, when, and how of federal income taxation, with a focus on the policy, politics, and administration of the Canadian tax system and its alignment with global standards. Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: TBC

PUB2 313 Taxation (001) Me Claudette Allard – English Winter, 4 credits Description: This course covers the basic principles of Canadian Income Tax Law as they apply to individuals resident in Canada, including the significance and determination of residence; the classification of income by source, such as office and employment, business and property, and taxable capital gains, and the distinctive sets of rules governing each. Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: 30% mid-term take home exam, group work, 2 to 3 member groups, to assist only; 70% final exam, sit down, open book.

CMPL 508 Research Seminar 1: Intellectual Property Policy in the Making Professor Pierre-Emmanuel Moyse in collaboration with Jean-Arpad Français (Senior Advisor, Marketplace Framework Policy Branch, Industry Canada / Government of Canada) – English/French Fall, 2 credits Description: This course stems from collaboration between Industry Canada and the McGill Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and is conceived as a way for McGill students to become involved in public policy thinking. Teams of McGill students will research and prepare a thorough report on a topic proposed by Industry Canada and will present said report in Ottawa in December before a panel of experts and officials (e.g., senior policy analysts, academics, various stakeholders from the industry and decision makers). This is a unique opportunity for McGill students to showcase their research skills and legal talents. They will engage the community of professionals and policy specialists in bringing their own views and recommendations on important current issues. The teams will be convened to five 3-hour sessions in preparation of their investigation before the oral competition. Associated travel costs will be covered by the Faculty of Law. Prerequisites: Intellectual Property Law Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: Report (50% - term essay format) and evaluation of the oral presentation (50%), Pass/Fail



STUDENT-INITIATED SEMINARS

LAWG 521 Student Led Seminar: Fashion Law (001) Supervisor: Professor Wendy Adams Student coordinators: Talia Bensoussan, Vincent Carney, Matthew Chung Winter, 3 credits Description: The first of its kind to be offered at a Canadian law faculty, this seminar introduces major problems in the field of fashion law with a view of each student producing a paper of publishable quality. The course proceeds in three parts, examining the law applicable to the fashion industry, the legal issues arising from fashion’s interaction with society and the legal regulation of dress. The seminar employs a transversal pedagogy, approaching these topics from the perspectives of intellectual property law, law and economics, Aboriginal law, environmental law, international labour law and constitutional law. Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation (tentative): Weekly participation (5%); seminar facilitation (5%); case-study analysis (15%); research paper (75%)

GRADUATE COURSES ASPL 614 Airline Business and the Law (001) (009) David Chen – English Fall, 3 credits

Description: This course provides an interdisciplinary overview of the legal, regulatory, business, and managerial issues the fascinating yet challenging airline industry is confronted with. What differentiates the airline industry from other industries, and how has government deregulation impacted the industry? How are prices determined, and how is the airline "product" marketed and distributed? Why has there been a growth of airline partnerships and alliances in recent years? What are the different safety and security measures and consumer and labour laws an airline must comply with? Through interactive lectures and guest speakers from the industry, students will gain understanding of the myriad issues and factors that determine whether an airline flies… or fails. Format: Lecture

Method of Evaluation: 10% will be based on class participation and a 10 minute presentation on a topic of your choice that is listed in the Outline. 20% of the final grade will be based on a 7-10 page essay on one of the topics listed in the Outline. 70% of the grade in this course will be based on student performance on the final 24-hour take-home examination.

Biography: Kuan-Wei (David) Chen obtained his undergraduate degree in Law and Politics from the

University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies. Later, he obtained an LL.M. (cum laude) in Public International Law from Leiden University and an LL.M. in Air and Space Law from McGill's Institute of Air and Space Law, where he was also the Boeing Fellow in Air and Space Law (2008-2010) and recipient of the Nicolas M. Matte Award. He has previous worked at as a Teaching and Research Assistant at the Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Development, Leiden University, and



was the Co-ordinator of the Telders International Law Moot Court at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies. Since 2009, he has worked as a Research Assistant at the Institute of Air and Space Law,

and in 2012, he became the Editor of the Annals of Air and Space Law, published by McGill's Centre for Research in Air and Space Law. Teaching and research interests: air law; space law; public international law; international relations

ASPL 632 Comparative Air Law (001) (009) Adjunct Professor Ludwig Weber – English Winter, 3 credits Description: The first part of the course provides an introduction to the comparative law approach and applies some basic concepts of the civil and common law traditions to the field of air law. The second part of the course deals with selected topics where applicable law has not, or only partially, been unified by private international air law conventions and where a comparative approach, based on national laws, must be used to find solutions. The selected topics include: the nature of the contract of carriage, product liability principles, aircraft manufacturers’ liability, State liability for negligent certification of aircraft, liability of air navigation service providers, and liability for damage caused by aircraft on the ground. Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: In-term assignments (25%) and final examination (75%). Biography: Senior Civil Aviation Policy and Management Adviser / Project Coordinator, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), and Adjunct Professor of Law (McGill University). Formerly Director of the ICAO Legal Bureau, 1995-2004; formerly Legal Counsel of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), 1982-1995. (Comparative Air Law, Private International Air Law, Government Regulation of Air Transport, Aviation Security Law, Aircraft Finance Law, Public International Law, International Aviation Organisations.)

ASPL 613 Government Regulation of Air Transport (001) (009) Me Martine De Serres – English Winter, 3 credits

Description: This course focuses on the domestic and international economic regulation of air transport. Key subjects are: open sky and other bilateral air services agreements, economic regulation of domestic and international air transport including air carrier licensing and authorization, governmental review of tariffs, competition and anti-trust regulations, dynamics of airline alliances, safety, security, environmental regulation, and a wide variety of consumer protection regulations including accessibility requirements, delays, tarmac delays, cancellations, denied boarding, advertising regulations and disclosure requirements, travel agencies and global distribution systems. It also examines why governments regulate or deregulate markets for air transport, how the economics of the aviation sector impact regulatory policies, whether there is a need to harmonize new types of regulations over aviation and how such harmonization could be achieved. The present challenges and trends in the regulatory regime of air transport also are discussed.

Prerequisites: Public International Air Law recommended Format: Lecture



Method of Evaluation: Oral Presentation: 25%; Final Examination: 75%. The take-home exam is an open-book examination due 24 hours from picking up the examination. You may not discuss the examination, nor collaborate with, any other student on the examination. Option to write a paper instead of a take-home exam.

Biography: Martine De Serres is Counsel, Regulatory and International at Air Canada. Her practice ranges through a variety of legal issues the airline is exposed to in the course of its business in international markets, including complex regulatory, administrative, competition and international law matters. Amongst other things, she is in charge of obtaining international air service licenses, litigating tariff-related complaints, ensuring compliance with growing consumer protection regulation world-wide, and negotiating legal aspects of code share, interline and slot exchange agreements. Before working at Air Canada, she practiced commercial litigation at Woods LLP, one of Canada’s top litigation boutique. Me De Serres is a graduate of the Institute of Air and Space Law at Mc Gill University.

ASPL 639 Government Regulation of Space Activities (001) (009) Professor Ram S. Jakhu - English Winter, 3 credits Description: This course deals with national public and private laws and regulatory regimes of some space-faring nations governing space activities, particularly those that are carried out by private entities for commercial purposes. Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: Class participation: 25%; Formal presentation (including a written component):

25%; and Written term paper: 50%.

CMPL 604 International Business Law (001) (009) Professor Sébastien Jodoin - English Winter, 4 credits Description: This seminar course aims to prepare students to understand and navigate the changing nature, scope, modes, and strategies of business law in a globalizing world. Part I of the course introduces students to the myriad of ways in which globalization has reshaped the creation and practice of business law in the contemporary world. Part II of the course focuses on the range of international and transnational initiatives, both formal and informal, that seek to harmonize various domains of business law, including contracts, bankruptcy, finance, intellectual property, and corporate governance. Part III of the course examines the growing array of national, international, and transnational instruments and mechanisms that seek to increase the social responsibility and accountability of corporations in various domains such as the environment, human rights, poverty, and transnational crime. Part IV of the course features a set of regional case studies that examine the opportunities and challenges of business law and legal reform in the developing world, with a special emphasis on the emerging economies of Brazil, India, China, Russia, and South Africa. Part V of the course explores the strategies of internationalization, disruption, and cross-cultural management that students must master to apprehend and manage the future directions of business law in a globalizing world.



Prerequisites: Open to graduate students and to undergraduate students who have completed four terms in the Faculty of Law. Format: This seminar will be taught through a combination of in-class group discussions and problem-based learning. Method of Evaluation: 10% participation and leadership in class discussions; 10% in-class exercises; 20% oral presentation; and 60% individual term essay or project.

ASPL 638 Law of Space Applications (001) (009) Professor Ram S. Jakhu - English Winter, 3 credits Description: This course deals with the international legal aspects of various space applications. In particular, the course examines the international law related to satellite telecommunications (including satellite broadcasting) and the role therein of various international organizations; remote sensing by satellites; space stations; space travel; navigational services by satellites; military uses of outer space; space-based solar power; and international space technology transfers and international trade in space products and services, etc. Prerequisites: None (however some knowledge of Public International Law is assumed). Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: Examination (100%) (or examination 50% and optional paper 50%).

CMPL 610 Legal Research Methodology (009) Professor Hoi Kong - English Fall & Winter, 4 credits Description: Exploration and critique of various methodological approaches to the pursuit of a research inquiry within the context of legal scholarship. Graduate students will develop familiarity with research methods and strategies and will be afforded with opportunities for developing and sharpening their legal research, writing and analytical skills. Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: Multiple assignments, graded on a Pass/Fail basis

CMPL 600 Legal Traditions (009) Me David Howes – English Winter, 4 credits Description: The concept of a legal tradition. Nature of particular legal traditions, both secular and religious, including the civil and common law. Philosophical foundations of different traditions. Comparative method. Relations between traditions (colonialism, legal pluralism, cross-cultural jurisprudence). Format: Seminar



Method of Evaluation: Class participation; short reflection pieces; seminar presentation; end of term essay.

ASPL 633 Public International Air Law (001) (009) Professor Paul Dempsey – English Fall, 3 credits Description: The course in Public International Air Law examines the relevant principles and rules of international law that affect the use of air space and aeronautics. The following topics are reviewed:

sources of international air law;

the relevant international aviation organizations and their law-making functions;

the law-making institutions and processes affecting the regime of air space and international air navigational and air transport;

the legal regime of the national and international air space;

the international standards and recommended practices regulating safety, security, air navigation, airports, and the environment;

aircraft accident investigation;

the concept of civil and state aircraft;

State certification and licensing of aircraft and airmen under international standards;

the exchange of air traffic rights; and

dispute resolution. Method of Evaluation: 75% of the grade will be based on the student’s performance on a 24-hour take-home exam. The remaining 25% will be based on the student’s performance in an in-class moot court presentation.

ASPL 636 Private International Air Law (001) (009) Professor Paul Dempsey- English Fall, 3 credits Description: This course examines the unification of private international air law through the adoption of international conventions. In particular, it reviews the liability of the air carrier towards passengers and shippers under the Warsaw Convention, as amended and supplemented by several other international legal instruments, including the Montreal Convention of 1999. The course also examines the basic framework of several other conventions, such as the Rome Convention on surface damage done by aircraft, and ICAO’s recent initiatives to revise the 1952 Rome Convention in the Montreal Conventions of 1999, as well as the liability exclusions for airlines and crew set forth in the Tokyo Convention and amendments thereto. Insurance aspects and implications of the air carrier’s international liability will also be addressed. Method of Evaluation: 75% of the grade will be based on the student’s performance on a 24-hour take-home exam. The remaining 25% will be based on the student’s performance in an in-class moot court presentation.



ASPL 637 Space Law: General Principles (001) (009) Professor Ram S. Jakhu – English Fall, 3 credits Description: The objective of the course is to examine the role of international law in the regulation of outer space activities. Specifically, the course examines the current and potential future uses of outer space; the law-making process relating to space activities and the international institutions that are involved in this process; the legal regime of outer space and celestial bodies including the exploitation of space natural resources; the legal status of spacecraft including their registration; liability for damage caused by space activities; assistance to astronauts and spacecraft in distress; legal controls governing activities harmful to the environment and to peaceful uses of outer space; settlement of space-related disputes, etc. Prerequisites: None (however some knowledge of Public International Law is assumed). Format: Lecture Method of Evaluation: Examination (100%) (or examination 50% and optional paper 50%).

CMPL 641 Theoretical Approaches to Law* (009) Professor Kirsten Anker - English Fall, 4 credits Description: Introduction to theoretical reflection on law, legal education, and legal scholarship. The seminar will emphasize the importance of theoretical concerns in all legal scholarship, especially in the definition of research objectives, the choice of research methods, and the framing of conclusions. The seminar is designed to support students’ research by directing their attention to theoretical concerns, and encouraging them to subject their own methodological assumptions to re-evaluation. Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: Multiple assessments. *Please note: This fall section of Theoretical Approaches to Law is open to LL.M. students only.

CMPL 641 Theoretical Approaches to Law* (010) Professor Mark Antaki – English Fall, 4 credits Description: Introduction to theoretical reflection on law, legal scholarship, and legal education. The seminar will emphasize the importance of theoretical concerns in all legal scholarship, including in the definition of research objectives, the choice of research methods, and the framing of conclusions. The seminar is designed to support students’ research by directing their attention to theoretical concerns, and encouraging them to subject their own methodological assumptions to re-evaluation. Format: Seminar Method of Evaluation: Multiple assessments *Please note: This fall section of Theoretical Approaches to Law is open to Doctoral students only.



WRITING COURSES WRIT 491 Term Essay 1 (001) Summer, Fall or Winter, 3 credits Description: See description below.

WRIT 492 Term Essay 2 (001) Summer, Fall or Winter, 3 credits Description: See description below.






WRIT 496 Term Essay 6 (001) Summer, Fall or Winter, 3 credits Description: Students who have completed one year in the program may elect, with the permission of the Associate Dean (Academic), to write an essay for credit. It is the responsibility of applicants to arrange with a full-time member of the Faculty to act as a Supervisor for their essays (see below for a list of the subject areas which individual professors have indicated an interest in supervising). Supervisory resources are limited, so it is best to approach potential supervisors as early as possible.

Application forms are available on the SAO website. A proposed table of contents, a clear statement of the essay thesis, and a preliminary bibliography of sources must be appended to the application form and approved by the supervisor before the application is submitted. Applications are to be submitted to the SAO on or before September 11, 2015 for the Fall Term, January 15, 2016 for the Winter Term and May 6, 2016 for the Summer Term.

Registration: Students must register in the appropriate term essay course on Minerva. The SAO will only contact should the application be refused or additional information required.

Essays are due on or before the fifth working day prior to the last working day of the examination period for the term in which the essay is being written. Final essays are due December 16, 2015 (Fall term), April 25, 2016 (Winter term) and August 15, 2016 (Summer term).

Students may not register for more than two Term Essays in any given term. If two term essays are completed in the same term, they must be supervised by two different professors.

WRIT 400 D1 & WRIT 400 D2 Senior Essay (001) Any two consecutive terms, 6 credits Description: Students may, with the permission of the Associate Dean (Academic), and on conditions set from time to time by the Faculty, elect to write a senior essay. This essay must have a scope and ambition sufficient to constitute a major element in the student's legal education. It is expected that the senior essay will focus on an area in which the student already has acquired significant training. To be eligible to write a senior essay, a student must have completed at least two years in the program; a student will normally have written at least one independent term essay before undertaking to write a senior essay. Only one such essay may be submitted for credit throughout a student's law studies. It is the responsibility of applicants to arrange with a full-time member of Faculty to act as supervisors for their essays (see below for a list of the subject areas for which individual professors have indicated an interest in supervising). Application forms are available on the web. Applications must include a proposed table of contents, a detailed research proposal of 750-1000 words, and a preliminary bibliography of sources. Registration: Students must register in the appropriate term essay course on Minerva. The SAO will only contact should the application be refused or additional information required. Fox-decent

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Term: Senior essays must be written over a period of two terms (fall-winter, winter-summer, or summer-fall). Applications are to be submitted to the SAO on or before September 11, 2015 for the Fall Term, January 15, 2016 for the Winter Term and May 6, 2016 for the Summer Term. This is a Full-year course. Students must register for BOTH parts of the course. No credit will be granted unless all parts of the course are completed. Essays are due on or before the fifth working day prior to the last working day of the examination period for the term in which the essay is being written. Final essays are due December 16, 2015 (Fall term), April 25, 2016 (Winter term) and August 15, 2016 (Summer term).

WRIT 520 Writing and Drafting Project (001) Summer, Fall or Winter, 1 credits Description: A one-credit add-on to existing substantive courses in the Faculty of Law. Students undertake one or more writing exercises, e.g. drafting opinion letters or research memoranda. This add-on may be used once only, in the final year of study, with the permission of the Associate Dean (Academic). For undergraduate students, the project must relate to a course successfully completed in a previous term and must be supervised by a Faculty instructor with expertise in the area. Applications are to be submitted to the SAO on or before September 11, 2015 for the Fall Term, January 15, 2016 for the Winter Term and May 6, 2016 for the Summer Term. Registration: Selected students will be assigned a “Permit to Register” that will allow registration on Minerva. The permit is assigned by the SAO.

Essays are due on or before the fifth working day prior to the last working day of the examination period for the term in which the essay is being written. Final essays are due December 16, 2015 (Fall term), April 25, 2016 (Winter term) and August 15, 2016 (Summer term). Please note that the following professors have expressed an interest in supervising essays in the following areas:

Professor Wendy Adams: Law and popular culture; animal law; common law obligations. Professor Payam Akhavan: International law, UN reform, comparative law, human rights, laws of war, law and society, transitional justice, prevention of genocide, Islam and the West, and international criminal law. Professor Kirsten Anker: Aboriginal peoples and the law; property theory; law and society studies. Professor Mark Antaki: Law and aesthetics; law and language; legal education; history of legal and political thought; philosophy and rhetoric of law; some topics in socio-legal studies; some topics in public law, international law.



Professor Frédéric Bachand: Domestic and international arbitration; civil procedure; evidence; private international law; legal interpretation. Professor Andrea Bjorklund: International arbitration and litigation, international trade and international investment. Professor Adelle Blackett: Labour Law, Trade Regulation, International Development Law, Law of International Organizations, and Critical Race Theory. Me Daniel Boyer: Legal research and writing; computer assisted legal research; heritage preservation; legal bibliography Professor Allison Christians: Domestic and international tax law and policy, socio-economic rights, policy, and development, globalization, international law and institutions, tax theory and norm development, networks, norms, and legal change. Professor Angela Campbell: Health Law (especially topics related to public health, women’s health, children’s health, reproductive technologies and surrogacy, social and economic determinants of health), Family Law, Criminal Law, Children and the Law, Feminist Legal Theory, Wills and Successions. Professor François Crépeau: international and domestic human rights law, international migration and refugee law, international minorities law Professor Armand de Mestral: Emeritus Professor, Jean Monnet Professor. International Trade Law; Public International Law; Law of the Sea; International Environmental Law; Constitutional Law and Comparative Constitutional Law; European Community Law; The Law of International Economic Integration; International Humanitarian Law. Professor Helge Dedek: Private law, particularly the law of (contractual) obligations; European private law; private law theory; legal history; legal traditions; Roman law; legal education Professor Paul Dempsey: Transportation law, air law, aviation law and regulation. Professor Jaye Ellis: International environmental law; public international law; international legal theory; international law/international relations theory Professor Yaëll Emerich: Property law, Secured transactions, Comparative law, Legal theory, Jurilinguistics. Professor Vincent Forray: contract law, torts law, civil law of obligations and consumer law. Professor Evan Fox-Decent: Legal and political theory, the rule of law, administrative law, the law of fiduciaries, First Nations and the law, human rights. Professor Fabien Gélinas: Constitutional law, constitutional and legal theory, law of international business contracts, transnational law and international arbitration.



Professor Robert Godin: Civil law of property, some areas of Environmental Law Professor E. Richard Gold: Common law property; intellectual property; international intellectual property; patents; biotechnology Professor Ram Jakhu: Air and Space Law, International Telecommunication Law, Public International Law, Canadian Communications Law, Canadian Immigration Law Professor Richard Janda: Public Goods, Corporate Social Responsibility, Theories of Justice Professor Sebastien Jodoin: Transnational law and governance, environmental law and governance, human rights and the environment, climate change, corporate law and governance, business law and strategy, policy change, and socio-legal theory and methods. Professor Rosalie Jukier: Contractual Obligations including Remedies, Civil Procedure and Principles of Judicial Institutions, Legal Traditions, Legal Pedagogy Professor Daniel Jutras: Tout le droit des obligations, en droit civil et en common law (Contrats, responsabilité civile, enrichissement injustifié); Procédure civile, (y compris accès à la justice, recours collectifs, etc); Institutions judiciaires (Cour suprême, indépendance, éthique des juges, etc); Aspects comparatifs ou sociologiques du droit des obligations et de la procédure civile. In French or in English. Professor Lara Khoury: Extra-contractual obligations, medical liability and health law Professor Alana Klein: Domestic and international human rights (particularly social and economic rights); health law (particularly public health and HIV/AIDS), comparative constitutional law; law and poverty; criminal law. Professor Hoi Kong: Public Law Theory, Comparative Law, Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Municipal Law, Land Use Planning Law. Professor Helena Lamed: Insurance Law, experiential learning, legal research and writing, legal ethics and advocacy. Professor David Lametti: Intellectual Property, Copyright and Trademarks; Civil Law Property; Private Law Theory (Common Law and Civil Law); Legal Theory and Legal Philosophy Professor Robert Leckey: Family law, constitutional law

Professor Marie Manikis: Criminal law, human rights, victims, sentencing and criminal justice. Professor Frédéric Mégret: International Law of Human Rights, International Criminal Law. Professor Paul B. Miller: Philosophy of Private Law, Fiduciary Law, Trusts, Business and Non-Profit Organizations



Professor Pierre-Emmanuel Moyse: Property law, history of property law, intellectual and industrial property law, competition & commercial law Professor Victor Muñiz-Fraticelli (joint appointment with Political Science) : Legal political, and moral theory, legal philosophy and jurisprudence, theories of justice; legal pluralism, religion and the law; history of legal and political thought. Professor Vrinda Narain (joint appointment with the Faculties of Law and of Arts): Constitutional law, Feminist Legal Theory, Social Diversity and Law, Post Colonial Studies and Law, Critical Race Theory, Muslim Family Law, Multiculturalism, Topics/Laws related to India. Professor Ronald Niezen (joint appointment with the Faculties of Law and of Arts): Professor Tina Piper: Patent and copyright law, legal history, history of medicine, science and technology studies. Professor Alexandra Popovici: Quebec civil law, comparative law, and law and literature Professor René Provost: Public International Law; International Human Rights Law; Humanitarian Law of Armed Conflict; International Criminal Law; International Environmental Law; Legal Pluralism; Legal Anthropology Professor Nandini Ramanujam: Rule of Law and Development, Critical Engagement with Discourses in Human Rights, Economic Justice, Comparative Perspectives on Corruption across Brazil, Russia, India and China, Role of Civil Society and the Fourth Estate (Media) in promotion of Rule of law, Exploration of interconnections between field based human rights work and theoretical discourses. Professor Geneviève Saumier: Private International Law; International Litigation and Civil Procedure; Class Actions; Civil Liability; International Family Law; Products Liability; Consumer Law; Arbitration Professor Colleen Sheppard: Constitutional law, Human rights (especially equality rights), Labour Law (workplace discrimination issues), Feminist legal theory; Comparative Constitutional Law (especially Canada-U.S.), Indigenous rights. Professor Lionel Smith: Private law, especially the law governing unjust enrichment, corporations, loyalty and trusts, and gifts, including the philosophical foundations of private law. Professor Stephen Smith: Commercial Transactions, Contracts, Legal Theory, Private Law generally, the law of Remedies Professor Margaret Somerville: Science, Medicine, Ethics and Law Professor Shauna Van Praagh: Children and Law; Extra-contractual Obligations/Tort Law; Religion and Law; Feminist Legal Theory; Legal Education



Professor Catherine Walsh: Secured Transactions, Conflict of Laws or Private International Law, International Unification of Private Commercial Law. Professor Daniel Weinstock: Social and political philosophy; ethics of public policy; ethics of nationalism; foundations of international ethics politics of language and identity; democracy, citizenship, and pluralism; justice in multinational states; accommodation of cultural and moral diversity in democratic societies

GROUP ASSISTANTS & TUTORIAL LEADERS WRIT 048 Group Assistants (001) Various professors Fall and/or Winter, 2 credits Description: A limited number of candidates who have completed two years in the program may elect once only, with the permission of the Associate Dean (Academic), to serve as Group Assistants in an approved course. Prerequisites: Two years in the program Method of Evaluation: Pass/Fail. The instructor will appraise the quality of assignments performed by each group assistant. Teaching Hours: As arranged. Application Form: Must be completed with the supervising professor and submitted to the SAO. Registration: Positions will be advertised by individual professors in the Faculty starting in April. If selected, students will be issued a permit to register on Minerva.

WRIT 016 D1 & WRIT 016 D2 Legal Methodology Teaching Group I (First Year) (001) Faculty Supervisor: Me Helena Lamed – English & French Fall & Winter, 2 credits Description: Not open to students who have taken WRIT 017D1/D2. Fourteen upper year students who have completed at least two years in the program may register in this course, with the permission of the Associate Dean (Academic). Students registered in Legal Methodology Teaching Group 1 (first-year) are responsible for a significant portion of the instructional component of the Introductory Legal Research course. In addition to the teaching component of the course, students are also responsible for assisting first-year students in adapting to their studies in the Faculty of Law and for drafting research and writing assignments, under the supervision of the course instructor. Their responsibilities therefore include encouraging the creation of a supportive environment between first-year student members of each small group and detecting and addressing emotional or academic difficulties in adapting to law school. Prerequisites: Completion of at least two years in the program, fluency in English and French, academic achievement in the Faculty of Law, leadership qualities, strong interpersonal skills, demonstrated ability

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in legal research and writing, and teaching experience. Persons interested in serving as members of the Teaching Group must apply to the Faculty Director in the winter preceding service. Selection is based on the applicants' resume, grades and an interview. Seminar: Tutors will meet every week as a group Method of Evaluation: Graded evaluation based on overall performance in the course. This is a Full-year course. Students must register for both parts of the course. No credit will be granted unless all parts of the course are completed.

WRIT 017 D1 &WRIT 017 D2 Legal Methodology Teaching Group II (Second Year) Faculty Supervisor: Me Helena Lamed – English & French Fall & Winter, 4 credits Description: Not open to students who have taken WRIT 016. A minimum of eight upper-year students who have completed at least two years in the program may register in this course, with the permission of the Associate Dean (Academic). Students registered in Legal Methodology Teaching Group 2 (Second Year) are responsible for a significant portion of the instructional component of the Legal Ethics & Advocacy course. The tutors will meet with their group of second-year students for one hour on a regular basis. They will also meet periodically with the Instructor. All second-year groups are taught in both English and French. Prerequisites: Completion of at least two years in the program, fluency in English and French, academic achievement in the Faculty of Law, interpersonal and organizational skills, demonstrated ability in legal research and writing, and teaching experience. Persons interested in serving as members of the Teaching Group must apply to the Faculty Director in the winter preceding service. Selection is based on the applicants' resume, grades and an interview. Format: Tutors will meet every week as a group Method of Evaluation: Graded evaluation based on overall performance in the course

LEGAL CLINIC Legal Clinic I (001) Faculty Supervisor: Prof. Helena Lamed (001) WRIT 433 D1 & WRIT 433 D2: Fall and Winter, Winter and Summer, OR Summer and Fall, 6 credits WRIT 433: Summer session, 6 credits Description: A limited number of candidates who have completed two years in the program may elect, only once, with the permission of the Dean or the Dean’s delegate, to work for credit in an approved clinic related activity. Applications are made in the Winter term preceding the academic year in which the clinic is undertaken. Not open to students who have taken Legal Clinic II or Legal Clinic III.



The Legal Clinic course gives students an opportunity to enrich their legal education through practical work experience in law. Students work in various community organizations and legal clinics providing legal information and assistance to socially disadvantaged individuals and groups. The course promotes a deeper understanding of the legal system's response to poverty and inequality. Students are confronted with the social reality of access to justice and the interrelationship between legal concerns and economic, psychological, ethical and other social problems. The course also allows students to pursue work in organizations devoted to promoting and researching public interest law. Students principally provide legal assistance in areas of the law affecting the lives of economically and socially disadvantaged individuals and groups. These areas typically include family, consumer, income security and social welfare, landlord-tenant, workers' compensation, unemployment insurance, immigration, environmental and human rights law. Method of Evaluation: Grading will be on a Pass/Fail basis, based on evaluation by supervising lawyer and written reports by the student. Registration: Selected students will be assigned a “Permit to Register” will allow registration on Minerva. The permit is assigned by the SAO.

WRIT 434 LEGAL CLINIC II (001) Faculty Supervisor: Prof. Helena Lamed Summer, Fall or Winter, 3 credits Description: See Legal Clinic I. Not open to students who have taken Legal Clinic I.

WRIT 435 LEGAL CLINIC III (001) Faculty Supervisor: Prof. Helena Lamed Summer, Fall or Winter, 3 credits Description: See Legal Clinic I. Not open to students who have taken Legal Clinic I.

LAW JOURNALS Supervising Instructors: TBA McGill Law Journal, the McGill Journal of Law and Health and the McGill International Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy Description: Students who have been recommended for the various positions on the McGill Law Journal, the McGill Journal of Law and Health and the McGill International Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy are granted credits on an equivalence basis upon approval by the Associate Dean (Academic). Credits are awarded for the positions listed below. American Journal of Comparative Law



Description: Starting January 2014, McGill will host the Journal in partnership with the Georgetown University Law Center.This proposal seeks to integrate students into the process of editing a reputable, peer-reviewed journal, and thus provide students at the Faculty with a unique pedagogical experience. LL.M. students pursuing their degree within the ICL and B.C.L./LL.B. students should be awarded two or three credits, depending on the number of hours to which they are willing and/or able to commit to the journal as editorial assistants All of the journal positions below are full-year courses. Students must register for both parts of the course. No credit will be granted unless all parts of the course are completed. Registration: Selected students will be assigned a “Permit to Register” that will allow registration on Minerva. The permit is assigned by the SAO.

WRIT 330D1 & WRIT 330D2 Editor-in-Chief 1 (001) Fall and Winter, 4 credits

WRIT 001D1 & WRIT 001D2 Editor-in-Chief 2 (001) Fall and Winter, 6 credits

WRIT 331D1 & WRIT 331D2 Executive Editor 1 (001) Fall and Winter, 4 credits

WRIT 002D1 & WRIT 002D2 Executive Editor 2 (001) Fall and Winter, 5 credits

WRIT 332D1 & WRIT 332D2 Managing Editor 1 (001) Fall and Winter, 4 credits

WRIT 003D1 & WRIT 003D2 Managing Editor 2 (001) Fall and Winter, 6 credits

WRIT 334D1 & WRIT 334D2 Specialized Editor 1 (001) Fall and Winter, 2 credits

WRIT 009D1 & WRIT 009D2 Specialized Editor 2 (001) Fall and Winter, 4 credits



WRIT 004D1 & WRIT 004D2 Senior Editor 2 (001) Fall and Winter, 3 credits

WRIT 011D1 &WRIT 011D2 Junior Editor (001) Fall and Winter, 3 credits

WRIT 333D1 & WRIT 333D2 Senior Editor 1 (001) Fall and Winter, 2 credits

WRIT 005D1 & WRIT 005D2 Senior Manager (001) Fall and Winter, 2 credits

WRIT 010D1 & WRIT 010D2 Junior Manager (001) Fall and Winter, 2 credits

WRIT 500 (001) Editorial Assistant 1 *For the American Journal of Comparative Law only. Fall and Winter, 3 credits WRIT 501 (001) Editorial Assistant 2 *For the American Journal of Comparative Law only. Fall and Winter, 2 credits

MOOT COMPETITIONS

PRAC 510 Advanced Mooting I (001) Faculty Supervisor: Professor H. Lamed Fall or Winter, 3 credits Description: Participation, under Faculty supervision, in an advanced mooting competition approved for this purpose by the Dean. Students may register for Advanced Mooting a maximum of twice. Method of Evaluation: Pass/Fail, Factum and oral presentations Registration: Selected students will be assigned a “Permit to Register” that will allow registration on Minerva. The permit is assigned by the SAO.



PRAC 511 Advanced Mooting II (001) Faculty Supervisor: Professor H. Lamed Fall or Winter, 3 credits Description: Participation, under Faculty supervision, in an advanced mooting competition approved for this purpose by the Dean. Students may register for Advanced Mooting a maximum of twice. Method of Evaluation: Pass/Fail, Factum and oral presentations Registration: Selected students will be assigned a “Permit to Register” that will allow registration on Minerva. The permit is assigned by the SAO. NOTE: The courses Advanced Mooting I and II apply to approved mooting competitions, which may include the Concours Davies, Philip Jessup International Law Moot, Tribunal-École Pierre-Basile Mignault, Concours Charles-Rousseau, Laskin Moot Court Competition, the Sopinka Cup, the Wilson Moot, the Vis Moot and the Kawaskimhon Moot . The selection of the candidates takes place in the Spring preceding the academic year in which the competition takes place.



COURT AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL

CLERKSHIPS

WRIT 440 D1 & WRIT 440 D2 Clerkship A (001) Faculty Supervisor: Associate Dean (Academic) Fall and Winter, 6 credits Description: Students having completed four terms in the Law Faculty and not having taken Clerkship B, may complete a clerkship under general Faculty supervision. Clerkships provide an opportunity to work as a research assistant for a judge or a member of an administrative tribunal from September to early April, with an interruption for examinations. Clerkships are prestigious positions that will be awarded to the best applicants by the Dean or Dean's delegate. The courses entail doing a minimum of eight hours of research and memorandum writing per week with periodic meetings with the judge (total 200 hours). Evaluation will be made on a pass/fail basis by the Dean or Dean's delegate in consultation with the judge. Halfway through the clerkship and at the end, the students must report to the Faculty supervisor (report forms available on the SAO website). Applications are usually made in the spring before the academic year in which the clerkship is undertaken. Students forego their right to drop the course at the beginning of first and second term. Students undertake, if selected, to complete all enrolment requirements. They will have to take an oath to maintain the confidentiality of information acquired as court clerks and must avoid conflicts of interest, in particular with law firms Prerequisites: Open to students who have completed at least 2 years of the BCL/LLB program, and all first and second year required courses. Les stages auprès de la magistrature sont réservés aux étudiants et aux étudiantes de troisième et quatrième année ayant complété leurs activités obligatoires de recherche et de rédaction juridiques (« Introductory Legal Research » et « Legal Ethics and Advocacy »). Cette activité clinique leur permet de consolider leurs acquis tout en acquérant une solide expérience de l’administration de la justice. Method of Evaluation: Pass/Fail Registration: Selected students will be assigned a “Permit to Register” that will allow registration on Minerva. The permit is assigned by the SAO.

WRIT 441 Clerkship B (001) Faculty Supervisor: Associate Dean (Academic) Summer, Fall or Winter, 3 credits Description: See Clerkship A, above. In exceptional cases, students may be selected to complete a one-semester clerkship with a local court or administrative tribunal during the Fall or Winter semester. The courses entail doing a minimum of eight hours of research and memorandum writing per week with periodic meetings with the judge (total 100 hours).



Ad hoc clerkships: Students may propose a self-organized clerkship at a court or administrative tribunal outside Montreal, to take place during the summer term. Students must complete a minimum of 200 hours during the summer term. Prerequisites: Two years in the program Method of Evaluation: Pass/Fail Registration: Selected students will be assigned a “Permit to Register” that will allow registration on Minerva. The permit is assigned by the SAO.

HUMAN RIGHTS INTERNSHIP LAWG 517 International Human Rights Internship (001) (009) Faculty Supervisor: Professor Nandini Ramanujam Summer 2016, 3 credits Description: The International Human Rights Internships Program allows students to earn six (6) credits toward the completion of the McGill BCL/LLB Program. The Program is administered by the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism. The Program carefully selects law students for summer placements as interns with Canadian and International NGOs, and Courts, for a period of 12 weeks. The Internship Program provides students with an opportunity to apply their legal education in a concrete setting and further develop a demonstrated interest and commitment to the defence of human rights. Students participate in the Program as volunteers, with partial funding from the Faculty of Law. Upon completion of the 12-week placement, the intern is expected to submit a report (10-15 pages) on the internship experience.

Following the summer internship, Interns are also required to take a seminar course entitled “Critical Engagement with Human Rights” in the Fall term, which leads to a final research paper. The course will focus on taking the interns through the process of writing this paper, and grades will be broken down over the various components of this process. The paper is written throughout the course of the seminar.

Selection of Interns: Students will be invited to submit an application for designated human rights internships in early Fall. Candidates will be chosen on the basis of superior writing skills, ability to work in a difficult environment, and demonstrated interest in international human rights. Students intending to return as full-time students in the following Fall term will be given preference, in order that the experience of interns can be brought back to the classrooms and generally enrich the life of the Faculty. Selected students must register for this course through Minerva. Field Work Component: Interns must spend a minimum of twelve weeks in the field with the partner organization. The partner organizations are asked to allow interns one day a week to work on their own research project. Students complete the internship in the summer term only. Internship Report: Interns must submit a written detailed report to the Human Rights Internship Program Coordinator by September 30, 2015. Students must register for the course “Critical engagements with Human Rights” (LAWG 505) in the Fall semester following their internship. Method of Evaluation: Pass/Fail



Registration: Selected students will be assigned a “Permit to Register” that will allow registration on Minerva. The permit is assigned by the SAO. Course numbers may vary from year to year.

HONOURS COURSES WRIT 450 Honours Thesis 1 (001) Fall or Winter, 3 credits Description: Preparation of honours thesis proposal and literature review. Restrictions: Students must be accepted into the Honours program. Method of Evaluation: The thesis supervisor will appraise the quality of the work performed by the student. Grading will be on a Pass/Fail basis.

WRIT 451 Honours Thesis 2 (001) Various professors (001) Fall or Winter, 6 credits Description: Thesis research report. Restrictions: Students must be accepted into the Honours program. Prerequisite: Honours Thesis 1 Method of Evaluation: The thesis supervisor will appraise the quality of the work performed by the student. Grading will be on a Pass/Fail basis.

WRIT 452 Honours Thesis 3 (001) Various professors Fall or Winter, 6 credits Description: Completion of Honours thesis. Restrictions: Students must be accepted into Honours program. Prerequisites: Honours Thesis 1 and Honours Thesis 2 Method of Evaluation: The thesis supervisor and another examiner will appraise the quality of the work performed by the student. Grading will be on a Pass/Fail basis. The standard for obtaining a Pass reflects the goal of the Honours program: the thesis must qualify as a substantial work of publishable quality.



Registration: Selected students will be assigned a “Permit to Register” that will allow registration on Minerva. The permit is assigned by the SAO.

MAJOR INTERNSHIPS The Major internships give students enrolled in a Major program an opportunity to enrich their legal education through practical work experience in the field of study of their Major. Students work in various organizations, under the guidance of an on-site supervisor. Each internship entails doing a minimum of 200 hours, with periodic meetings with the on-site supervisor. Evaluation is made on a pass/fail basis by the Faculty supervisor in consultation with the on-site supervisor. Halfway through the internship and at the end, students must report to the Faculty supervisor (report forms are available on the SAO website). Applications are usually made in the summer preceding the academic year in which the internship is undertaken. Students who have been selected for an internship must register in the appropriate course on Minerva. For further information, contact the Student Affairs Office. WRIT 300 Major Internship (001) Faculty Supervisor:Associate Dean (Academic) Summer, Fall and/or Winter, 6 credits Description: A limited number of students in their fourth year of the program, with permission of the Director (Student Life and Learning), work once as an intern in an approved internship relating to their Major concentration. Internships take place in the final summer or academic year of the program. Restrictions: Students must be enrolled in a Major program. Method of Evaluation: Grading is on a Pass/Fail basis, based on evaluation by supervisors and written reports by the student. Registration: Selected students will be assigned a “Permit to Register” that will allow registration on Minerva. The permit is assigned by the SAO.



COURSE OFFERINGS 2015-2016 FIRST YEAR UNDERGRADUATE MANDATORY COURSES Civil Law Property Constitutional Law Contractual Obligations Extra-Contractual Obligations Foundations of Canadian Law Introductory Legal Research SECOND YEAR UNDERGRADUATE MANDATORY COURSES Advanced Civil Law Obligations Advanced Common Law Obligations Common Law Property Legal Ethics and Advocacy OTHER UNDERGRADUATE MANDATORY COURSES Business Associations Criminal Law Judicial Institutions and Civil Procedure UNDERGRADUATE COMPLEMENTARY & ELECTIVE COURSES Aboriginal Peoples & the Law Administrative Process (The) Advanced Criminal Law Advanced Torts Banking Law Bankruptcy & Insolvency Civil Liberties Civil Litigation Workshop Commercial Law Communications Law Comparative Federalism Comparative Medical Law Copyright and Trademark Theory Corporate Finance Corporate Taxation Criminal Procedure Critical Engagements with HR Discrimination and the Law Employment Law Environment and the Law Equity and Trusts

European Union Law I Evidence (Civil Matters) Evidence (Criminal Matters) Extrajudicial Dispute Resolution Family Law Family Property Law Immigration & Refugee Law Intellectual and Industrial Property International Carriage of Goods by Sea International Criminal Law International Humanitarian Law International Law of Human Rights International Taxation Judicial Review of Administrative Action Jurisprudence Labour Law Law and Poverty Law and Practice of International Trade Law & Psychiatry Law of Persons Lease, Enterprise, Suretyship Legal Education Seminar Municipal Law Patent Theory and Policy Private International Law Public International Law Remedies Resolution of International Disputes Secured Transactions Securities Regulation Sentencing in Canadian Law Specialized Topics in Law 6: Law & Popular Culture Specialized Topics in Law 7: Critical Race Theory Specialized Topics in Law 8: Anatomy of a Murder Trial Specialized Topics in Law 8: Agency Law Specialized Topics in Law 16: Corporate Law Theory Specialized Topics in Law 16: International Human rights Amicus Brief Specialized Topics in Law 17: Restorative Justice Specialized Topics in Law 17: Éthique, déontologie et droit professionnel Specialized Topics in Law 18: Class Actions Specialized Topics in Law 18: Interd Aboriginal Constitution Making



Specialized Topics in Law 18: Political Law Specialized Topics in Law 19: Sports Law Specialized Topics in Law 19: Regional Trade Agreements and the Law of the WTO Specialized Topics in Law 20: Banking and Credit Law Specialized Topics in Law 20: Negotiation and Mediation Statutory Interpretation Sustainable Development Law Tax Policy Taxation Theories of Justice Trial Advocacy GRADUATE COURSES Airline Business and Law Comparative Air Law Government Regulation of Air Transport Government Regulation of Space Activities International Business Law Law of Space Applications Legal Research Methodology Legal Traditions Private International Air Law Public International Air Law Space Law: General Principles Theoretical Approaches to Law WRITING COURSES Term Essay 1-6 Senior Essay Writing and Drafting Project GROUP ASSISTANTS & TUTORIAL LEADERS Group Assistants Legal Methodology Teaching Group 1 (First-Year) Legal Methodology Teaching Group 2 (Second-Year) LEGAL CLINIC

Legal Clinic 1 Legal Clinic 2 Legal Clinic 3 LAW JOURNALS Editor-in-Chief 1 Editor-in-Chief 2 Executive Editor 1 Executive Editor 2 Managing Editor 1 Managing Editor 2 Specialized Editor 1 Specialized Editor 2 Senior Editor 1 Senior Editor 2 Junior Editor Senior Manager Junior Manager Editorial Assistant 1 Editorial Assistant 2 MOOT COMPETITIONS Advanced Mooting 1 Advanced Mooting 2 COURT AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNALS CLERKSHIP Clerkship A Clerkship B HUMAN RIGHTS INTERNSHIPS International Human Rights Internships XIV: HONOURS COURSES Honours Thesis 1 Honours Thesis 2 Honours Thesis 3 MAJOR INTERNSHIPS Major Internships



Important Notes

The following courses may be taken only twice during a student's law program: Legal Clinic (3 credits) and Research Seminars.

The following courses can be taken only once: Group Assistants, Legal Methodology Teaching Groups, Clerkships, Legal Clinic (6 credits) and Student-Initiated Seminars.

Veuillez noter que les cours ayant une inscription de moins de 10 étudiants risquent d’être annulés. Les

cours ayant une inscription de douze ou moins juste avant le début de la session seront très

probablement annulés.

Enrolment numbers will be looked at early in the semester; courses with enrolment of less than 10 will very likely be cancelled. We will not cancel courses less than three full working days prior to the end of the add-drop period.

Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Option The Faculty of Law approved the S/U Option to be applicable to Law and non-law Electives and Law Complementary courses within the B.C.L./LL.B. Program on April 10, 2013. The S/U Option is limited to one course in the program for a max of 4 credits. Students are NOT permitted to choose the S/U Option for Required Courses. For 2015-2016, if you decide to have a course graded as Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (S/U), you must do so before the Course Change deadline on Minerva (www.mcgill.ca/minerva) as part of the Student Menu > Registration Menu > Quick Add or Drop Course Sections Menu. You cannot make any changes after the Course Change deadline even if you selected the option by mistake. The instructor will report grades in the normal fashion. Grades of A through C are converted to “Satisfactory” (S), and grades of D, F, and J are converted to “Unsatisfactory” (U). The courses taken under the S/U option will be excluded from the grade point average (GPA) calculations, but they will be included in the attempted credits total. Credits for courses with a final grade of S will also be included in the number of credits earned. The Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option is not open to graduate students. For more information, please refer to the Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Option http://www.mcgill.ca/study/2014-2015/university_regulations_and_resources/undergraduate/gi_courses_taken_under_the_satisfactory_unsatisfactory_optionon the main McGill Programs, Courses and University Regulations site, under Registration. Be aware that a D is a fail and translates to “Unsatisfactory” under this option.

http://www.mcgill.ca/minerva

http://www.mcgill.ca/study/2014-2015/university_regulations_and_resources/undergraduate/gi_courses_taken_under_the_satisfactory_unsatisfactory_optionon



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COURSE OFFERINGS 2015-2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS Offerings 2015-2016 **Important Notice Regarding the Start of the Fall 2015 and Winter 2016 Terms** Both the Fall and Winter terms of the

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