Critical assessment of copyright, patents, trademarks, trade secrets and other forms of intellectual property; regulation and governance of...
An examination of the nature and functions of property as a legal and social institution, with particular reference to theories of property, the scope...
Need for consumer protection in the provision of goods and services; traditional legal protection by statute and common law; legislative responses to...
The law relating to banks and banking; the nature of the legal relationship created; legal rights and duties of the parties involved. Consumer and...
Topics may include: the international sale of goods, finance of transnational transactions, international carriage of goods, insurance, agency and...
International regulation of trade and investment through bilateral, regional and multilateral treaties and agreements. Topics may include: WTO, NAFTA,...
Problems of injury compensation; legal responses in their economic, historical, comparative, philosophical or sociological contexts; definitions of...
Private law and socio-economic change, emphasizing nineteenth-century Canada; comparison with the United States; influence of eighteenth-century...
The history of the relationship between the criminal law system and society. Changing issues in the criminal law and the nature of institutional...
Criminal law process in Canada; structure and use of the process examined for fairness, defects, and possible reform initiatives. Issues concerning...
A review of the Youth Criminal Justice Act within the framework of the Canadian justice system, with particular emphasis on historical and...
This course explores justifications and practices of punishment and social control from a socio-legal perspective. Rationalizations and justifications...
Legal regulation of the employment relationship; its contractual basis; defining employment; rights and duties of employees and employers; termination...
An examination of the landlord and tenant relationship in Ontario, focusing on the rights and duties under common law and statute, the distinction...
Role of law in industrial relations; effect of law on collective bargaining relationships; recognition of bargaining agent; regulation of bargaining;...
Legal regulation of sporting activities in Canada. Subjects include constitutional power to regulate sport, government involvement in sports...
An investigation of the Canadian constitution. Sovereignty, the nature and units of executive, legislative, and judicial power in Canada as...
Legal responses to challenges of the information society. Topics may include privacy, surveillance and monitoring, access to information, freedom of...
The law regulating Canadian broadcasting and communications industries. Focus on the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission....
Human rights issues and law in Canada; history and present day experiences of discrimination; critical exploration of law's effectiveness in...