Description
Canadian Constitutional Law is an elective subject in postgraduate programs offered by the Faculty of Law. The subject examines the legal problems arising from the nature of the Canadian political structure and, in particular, the distribution of legislative powers between the federal parliament and the provincial legislatures and the impact of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Subject details
Type | Postgraduate |
Code | LAWS77-535 |
EFTSL | 0.25 |
Faculty | Faculty of Law |
Semesters offered |
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Credit | 20 |
Study areas |
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Subject fees |
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Learning outcomes
1. Demonstrate knowledge of constitutional law principles from the leading cases and apply that knowledge to constitutional problems.
2. Identify constitutional issues and to make persuasive oral and written constitutional law arguments.
3. Examine and discuss the political forces and theoretical debates that shape constitutional law and to apply those factors to their legal analysis.
4. Assist peers in learning through their exchanges and discussions in class.
Enrolment requirements
Requisites: ? | Nil |
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Restrictions: ? | Must be admitted into a Masters Law degree OR be an approved Law Study Abroad OR Law Exchange student. |
Subject outlines
Subject dates
Standard Offering | |
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Enrolment opens | 15/03/2020 |
Semester start | 25/05/2020 |
Subject start | 25/05/2020 |
Cancellation 1? | 08/06/2020 |
Cancellation 2? | 15/06/2020 |
Last enrolment | 07/06/2020 |
Withdraw – Financial? | 20/06/2020 |
Withdraw – Academic? | 11/07/2020 |
Teaching census? | 19/06/2020 |
Standard Offering | |
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Enrolment opens | 02/08/2020 |
Semester start | 14/09/2020 |
Subject start | 14/09/2020 |
Cancellation 1? | 28/09/2020 |
Cancellation 2? | 05/10/2020 |
Last enrolment | 27/09/2020 |
Withdraw – Financial? | 10/10/2020 |
Withdraw – Academic? | 31/10/2020 |
Teaching census? | 09/10/2020 |
Standard Offering | |
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Enrolment opens | 15/11/2020 |
Semester start | 18/01/2021 |
Subject start | 18/01/2021 |
Cancellation 1? | 01/02/2021 |
Cancellation 2? | 08/02/2021 |
Last enrolment | 31/01/2021 |
Withdraw – Financial? | 13/02/2021 |
Withdraw – Academic? | 06/03/2021 |
Teaching census? | 12/02/2021 |