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Law
Loeb Building C473
Telephone: 520-3690
Fax: 520-4467
The Department
Chair of the Department: Peter Swan
Supervisor of Graduate Studies: Amy Bartholomew
The Department of Law offers a program of advanced study and research
leading to a Master of Arts degree in Legal Studies. The program is open to
full-time and part-time students.
The Department also offers a Graduate Certificate in Conflict
Resolution. Further information can be found at the end of this section.
The M.A. program provides an interdisciplinary, theoretical, and
research-oriented approach to studying law as a social and political
institution, with emphasis on the relationship between law and social
transformation. The plan of studies includes a range of fields linked by a
common theoretical and methodological concern with the way law shapes and
is shaped by its social environment. The program is designed to develop the
conceptual and analytical skills required for conducting independent
research on law and society.
Within this context, students will focus on one or more of the following
areas of specialization:
- Legal Theory and Social Theory
- Law, Crime and Social Order
- Women, Law and Gender Relations
- Political Economy of Law
- International and Comparative Legal Regimes
- Social History of Law
The location of the M.A. program in Legal Studies at Carleton provides
students with a wealth of resources for research purposes. As well as the
resources of the MacOdrum Library, students will have access to extensive
Canadian and international research material through the Social Science
Data Archives located at Carleton. The Library of the Supreme Court of
Canada, the National Library, the National Archives, the Library of
Parliament, Statistics Canada, and the Centre for Justice Statistics are
all located in Ottawa. Ottawa houses many federal go vernment departments
and agencies, as well as the national headquarters of non-governmental
organizations such as the Elizabeth Fry Society, the John Howard Society,
and the National Association of Women and the Law. Many government
departments and non-governmental organizations maintain specialized
libraries, and offer access to documents and other research materials.
Qualifying-Year Program
Applicants with exceptional promise who have less than B.A.(Honours)
status may be admitted into a qualifying-year program designed to raise
their standing to honours status. To be considered for admission into the
master's program, students must obtain at least a high honours average in
their qualifying-year courses.
Master of Arts
Admission Requirements
The requirement for admission into the M.A. program in Legal Studies is
an Honours bachelor's degree or the equivalent, with at least high honours
standing.
Applicants will be considered for admission on the basis of their
academic background and standing. Where relevant, previous professional
experience may be taken into account.
Applicants without a background in law may be required to complete one
or more designated courses from the department's undergraduate program
before taking courses towards the master's degree.
The deadlines for submitting applications for graduate studies in the
Legal Studies program are as follows: February 15 for students seeking
financial assistance and June 1 for students not seeking financial
assistance. If the program is able to consider applications for January
admission, the applications are due November 1.
Program Requirements
In consultation with the supervisor of graduate studies, each candidate
is required to complete the following program of studies:
- 3.0 credits
- A thesis equivalent to 2.0 credits and an oral examination
All students are required to take LAWS 5000 and LAWS 5001. These c
ourses provide students with a common theoretical and interdisciplinary
framework for the program.
In addition, students are encouraged to take 0.5 credit in a related
discipline, in consultation with the supervisor of graduate studies.
All students must obtain satisfactory grades in their course work; make
satisfactory progress in their research; maintain a close working
relationship with their thesis supervisors; and attend seminars on current
research and related topics. Each student may be required from time to time
to present a seminar on his/her research.
Thesis
The thesis must represent the result of the candidate's independent
research undertaken after being admitted into graduate studies in the
Department of Law. Previous work of the candidate may be used only as
introductory or background material for the thesis.
A student may carry on research work related to the thesis off campus if
the work is approved in advance and supervision arrangements have been made
with the supervisor of graduate studies.
Guidelines for Completion of Master's Degree
Full-time students are expected to complete the required two courses,
LAWS 5000 and LAWS 5001, and an additional 2.0 credits by the end of the
second term of registration. The thesis proposal should be submitted by the
end of the sixth week of the second term of study. The thesis should be
submitted by the end of the fourth term of study.
Part-time students are expected to complete the required two courses,
LAWS 5000 and LAWS 5001, and an additional 2.0 credits by the end of their
third year of study. The thesis proposal should be submitted by the end of
the second month of the fourth year of study. The thesis should be
submitted by the end of the fifth year of study.
Certificate in C onflict Resolution
The Department of Law offers a program of advanced study leading to a
Graduate Certificate in Conflict Resolution.
The Certificate provides an interdisciplinary program of study
emphasizing theoretical models of conflict and its management and/or
resolution, and integrating skills and techniques in the field. The program
has an academic structure and a professional orientation, and is directed
to individuals whose work involves negotiation or coping with conflict. The
program develops in students an intellectual foundation and applied skills
to enable them to function effectively in their field.
Interested students should contact the Department of Law for information
concerning admission and program requirements, scheduled courses, and fee
schedules.
Graduate Courses
Not all of the following courses are offered in a given year. For an
up-to-date statement of course offerings for 2004-2005 and to determine the
term of offering, consult the Registration Instructions and Class Schedule
booklet, published in the summer and also available online at
www.carleton.ca/cu/programs/sched_dates/
Course Designation System
Carleton's course designation system has been restructured. The first
entry of each course description below is the new alphanumeric Carleton
course code, followed by its credit value in brackets. The old Carleton
course number (in parentheses) is included for reference, where
applicable.
Core Courses
The compulsory courses are designed to give substance to the major
objectives of the program. They provide the theoretical and
interdisciplinary framework which will set the terms of discussion and
debate for the program. The courses are designated as compulsory because it
is anticipated that students will be drawn from both law and social
sciences backgrounds, and consequently there is a need to provide a central
and shared basis for the whole program.
- LAWS 5000 [0.5 credit] (formerly 51.500)
- Theories of Law and Social Transformation
- Examines three groups of theories of law (liberal, sociological and
Marxist) focusing on different ways law is conceived as an object of
inquiry and on different accounts of trajectories of legal development.
Potential of law for realizing or inhibiting social change provides
analytic framework.
- LAWS 5001 [0.5 credit] (formerly 51.501)
- Legal Method and Social Inquiry
- Introduces problems of research strategy and methods. Explores
contrasting methodologies in legal research; evaluates methodologies
employed in understanding legal reasoning, discourses, and practices.
Includes seminars in which participants present outlines of their own
research projects, focusing on methodologies and research
questions.
- LAWS 5909 [2.0 credits] (formerly 51.599)
- M.A. Thesis
- Other Law Courses
- LAWS 5002 [0.5 credit] (formerly 51.502)
- Law and Gender Relations
- Examines theoretical approaches informed by significance of gender
to structure and operation of law. Concepts such as essentialism,
difference, cultural determination, and social construction of gender
relations examined in context of contemporary feminist debates. Focus
on understanding and facility with feminist analysis and
methodology.
- LAWS 5003 [0.5 credit] (formerly 51.503)
- Law, Economy and Society
- Addresses the relationship between law, economy, and society.
Competing theoretical accounts of the relationship between legal
regulation and social and economic change explored through selected
historical and contemporary case studies.
- LAWS 5004 [0.5 credit] (formerly 51.504)
- Law, Crime and Social Order
- Examines theoretical dimensions of relationship between law, state,
crime, and social order. Explores scope and limitations of criminal
justice system as an agency of social control. Examines shifts in forms
of social order and their relation to changes in criminal law and
sanctions.
- LAWS 5005 [0.5 credit] (formerly 51.505)
- Law, State and Politics
- Examines theoretical explanations of relationships between law,
state and politics, Selected areas such as rights theory, rule of law,
separation of powers or judicial review may provide focus.
- LAWS 5006 [0.5 credit] (formerly 51.506)
- Historical Perspectives on Law and Society
- Examines historical relationship between social forces, law and
legal institutions and utility of historical forms of knowledge and
methods to legal studies. Surveys selected issues in private, public
and criminal law.
- LAWS 5007 [0.5 credit] (formerly 51.507)
- Race, Ethnicity and the Law
- Examines ways race and racism interact with gender and class in
shaping l egal system. Explores ways legal system institutionalizes
racism and potential for using the legal system to combat racism.
Selected areas such as immigration law and native rights may be used to
illustrate themes.
- LAWS 5008 [0.5 credit] (formerly 51.508)
- Consuming Passions: The Regulation of Consumption, Appearance
and Sexuality
- Examines rise of consumption and private pleasures and their
regulation and self-regulation. Social history of regulation of two
fields of consumption: surfaces of the person: personal appearance, in
particular of dress, the body, sexuality; and intakes of the body,
focusing on food, alcohol, drugs. (Also listed as SOCI 5204.)
- LAWS 5100 [0.5 credit] (formerly 51.510)
- Advanced Problems in Legal Philosophy
- Studies in legal theory and analyses of law advanced by Hart,
Dworkin, and others, and legal concepts: for example, principles,
rights, duties, liability, etc. Precise course content will vary from
year to year and will be announced at the beginning of the term. (Also
listed as PHIL 5100.)
- Prerequisites: either LAWS 3105 or LAWS 3101 (PHIL 3101) and LAWS
3102 (PHIL 3102), or permission of the Department.
- LAWS 5200 [0.5 credit] (formerly 51.520)
- International Economic Law: Regulation of Trade and
Investment
- Study of regulation of international economic activity. Discussion
of relevant international institutions, legal aspects of integration,
governmental regulation of trade and investment. (Also listed as INAF
5507.)
- Prerequisite: Open only to students in their master's year who have
not studied international economic law.
- LAWS 5302 [0.5 credit] (formerly 51.532)
- Feminism, Law and Social Transformation
- Exploration of nature and possibilities of feminist engagement with
law. Policies and strategies of law reform and/or social transformation
formulated and evaluated through application of theoretical frameworks
to parti cular topics. Significance of Canadian Charter of Rights and
Freedoms and human rights legislation is examined.
- LAWS 5305 [0.5 credit] (formerly 51.535)
- Crime, Social Change and Criminal Law Reform
- Examination of the ideological and practical consequences of
criminal law reform and policy initiatives undertaken by the state.
Specific reform proposals examined to illustrate possible alternate
responses to social problems and the varying effects of these
responses.
- LAWS 5400 [0.5 credit] (formerly 51.540)
- Law, Economy and the Regulatory Process
- Relationship between law, the economy, and the regulatory process.
Examines models from political and economic perspectives, and impact of
theories of regulation on regulatory practice and enforcement. Selected
topics may be drawn from labour law, housing and consumer protection,
environmental protection, and anti-combines legislation.
- LAWS 5405 [0.5 credit] (formerly 51.545)
- Canadian Labour Law Policy from a Comparative
Perspective
- Examines major influences on formation of Canadian labour law
policy using a comparative perspective to highlight divergencies in
Western democratic nations. Question if and why Canadian labour law is
distinctive. Includes collective bargaining and regulation of
individual employment relationships.
- LAWS 5500 [0.5 credit] (formerly 51.550)
- The Canadian Constitution
- Familiarizes students with terminology, principles, and doctrines
of judicial interpretation of Constitution Acts 1867-1982 and other
constitutional statutes. Emphasis on division of legislative powers in
the Canadian federation.
- Prerequisite: open only to graduate students in their master's year
who have not previously studied Canadian constitutional law.
- LAWS 5503 [0.5 credit] (formerly 51.553)
- Advanced Legal Problems of Federalism
- An advanced study of selected Ca nadian constitutional problems
including constitutional revision. Some comparisons with other federal
systems may be made.
- Prerequisite: a course in Canadian constitutional law, for example
LAWS 5500, or permission of the Department.
- LAWS 5506 [0.5 credit] (formerly 51.556)
- Advanced Administrative Law Problems
- An in-depth study of selected legal questions involving the
activities of public authorities.
- Prerequisite: a course in administrative law or permission of the
Department.
- LAWS 5603 [0.5 credit] (formerly 51.563)
- International Law: Theory and Practice
- Examines various theoretical perspectives on international law and
locates role international law plays in the international system.
Topics include basis, creation and sources of international law,
international dispute resolution, and international law and world order
transformation. (Also listed as INAF 5505.)
- LAWS 5900 [0.5 credit] (formerly 51.590)
- Tutorials/Directed Readings in Law
- Tutorials or directed readings in selected areas of law, involving
presentation of papers as the basis for discussion with the tutor.
- LAWS 5901 [0.5 credit] (formerly 51.591)
- Tutorial/Directed Readings in Law
- Tutorials or directed readings in selected areas of law, involving
presentation of papers as the basis for discussion with the tutor.
- LAWS 5903 [0.5 credit] (formerly 51.593)
- Contemporary Topics in Legal Studies
- A research seminar which explores a selected topic from current
debates in legal studies. Students should check with the Department
regarding the topic offered.
- LAWS 5904 [0.5 credit] (formerly 51.594)
- Contemporary Topics in Legal Studies
- A research seminar which explores a selected topic from current
debates in legal studies.
Selection of Courses in Related Disciplines
In addition to the graduate courses offered by the Department of Law,
students in the M.A. program are encouraged to take 0.5 credit in a related
discipline, in consultation with the supervisor of graduate studies. Listed
below are courses offered by other academic units that can be taken towards
the requirements of the M.A. in Legal Studies. This list is not exhaustive
and is subject to change.
In certain circumstances (with the approval of the supervisor of
graduate studies) up to 1.0 credit may be selected from among those offered
at the 4000-level.
Note: Students should be aware that the number of spaces in graduate
courses offered by other departments may be limited, and that registration
may be conditional upon obtaining the prior approval of the department
concerned. It is the student's responsibility to ensure that permission is
obtained from the appropriate department prior to registering in any of the
department's courses.
Students are advised that there is no guarantee that all of these
courses will be offered in any given year, or in any given term. 1.0 credit
courses are scheduled over two terms and students interested in these
courses must consult the graduate supervisor. Students should check the
current University timetable to ensure course availability and schedule
when planning their program.
- Canadian Studies
- CDNS 5100, CDNS 5200, CDNS 5201
- Economics
- ECON 5302, ECON 5303, ECON 5308, ECON 5403
- Geography
- GEOG 5400, GEOG 5401, GEOG 5404
- History
- HIST 5206, HIST 5300, HIST 5509, HIST 5808
- International Affairs
- INAF 5203, INAF 5306, INAF 5100,
- INAF 5305, INAF 5402, INAF 5405,INAF 5505, INAF 5507, INAF
5808
- Journalism and Communication
- JOUR 5401
- Political Science
- PSCI 5100, P SCI 5507, PSCI 5509
- Psychology
- PSYC 5104, PSYC 5107, PSYC 5202
- Public Administration
- PADM 5002, PADM 5203, PADM 5306, PADM 5607, PADM 5608, PADM
5609,PADM 5804
- Sociology and Anthropology
- SOCI 5206,SOCI 5300, SOCI 5302, SOCI 5306, SOCI 5308, SOCI
5400,SOCI 5404, SOCI 5405, SOCI 5408, SOCI 5409, SOCI 5504, SOCI 5600,
SOCI 5607, SOCI 5608, SOCI 5707
- Social Work
- SOWK 5101, SOWK 5106, SOWK 5301, SOWK 5302, SOWK 5704
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