Enrollment as of 2020
Below is a list of the required and complementary law courses in the BCL/JD program for students enrolled in or after 2020. All first-year courses are offered in both English and French. Upper-year courses can be in either French or English.
1. Required courses (47 credits)
These Law Courses are absolutely required in the program. All students enrolled in the BCL/JD program must successfully complete these courses in order to graduate.
A. Required Courses in First Year
The following 33 credits of courses may be taken only in the first year:
LAWG 100D1
Contractual Obligations
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: Basic concepts of contractual obligation in the Civil and Common Law. Formation and consent; formalities; cause and consideration; relativity of contracts and privity; lesion and unconscionability; performance and breach; frustration and force majeure; contractual remedies.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- Instructors
- Fabien Gélinas, Helge Dedek, Jérémy Boulanger-Bonnelly
LAWG 100D2
Contractual Obligations
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: See LAWG 100D1 for course description.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite: LAWG 100D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 100D1 and LAWG 100D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- Terms
- Instructors
- Fabien Gélinas, Helge Dedek, Jérémy Boulanger-Bonnelly
LAWG 101D1
Ex-Contractual Obligatns/Torts
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: Integrated study of basic concepts of extracontractual obligations in the Civil and Common law. Fault and other bases for liability; protected interests; causation; reasons for exoneration; apportionment of liability; intersection of human rights and civil wrongs.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- Instructors
- Sébastien Jodoin, Richard A Janda, Konstanze von Schütz
LAWG 101D2
Ex-Contractual Obligatns/Torts
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: See LAWG 101D1 for course description.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite: LAWG 101D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 101D1 and LAWG 101D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- Terms
- Instructors
- Sébastien Jodoin, Richard A Janda, Konstanze von Schütz
LAWG 102D1
Criminal Justice
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: Basis, nature and functioning of criminal justice within and across legal orders, with a focus on Canadian criminal justice. Main determinants of crime and rationales for criminalizing certain conduct. Key substantive, procedural, evidentiary and sentencing aspects of the criminal law, and the social impact of criminal justice.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- Instructors
- Noah S Weisbord, Alana Klein, Marie Manikis
LAWG 102D2
Criminal Justice
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: Basis, nature and functioning of criminal justice within and across legal orders, with a focus on Canadian criminal justice. Main determinants of crime and rationales for criminalizing certain conduct. Key substantive, procedural, evidentiary and sentencing aspects of the criminal law, and the social impact of criminal justice.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite: LAWG102D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 102D1 and LAWG 102D2 are successfully completed in consecutive term
- Terms
- Instructors
- Noah S Weisbord, Alana Klein, Marie Manikis
LAWG 103
Indigenous Legal Traditions
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: Introduction to Indigenous law in Canada by teaching, inter alia, the connections between Indigenous ways of being and knowing and Indigenous law, including how
those connections have been damaged in colonial contexts, and efforts to revitalize them. Topics include: the worldviews and constitutional contexts of Indigenous legal
traditions; and the colonial contexts which have shaped the contemporary realities of Indigenous laws and Indigenous legal education.
Offered by: Law
- Restrictions: Open only to first-year McGill law students.
- Languages of instruction are English and French.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Kirsten J Anker, Kerry Sloan, Aaron Mills
LAWG 110D1
Integration Workshop
1.5 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: An introduction to law and legal studies that complements the other first-year courses using transversal and integrative approaches.
Offered by: Law
LAWG 110D2
Integration Workshop
1.5 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: An introduction to law and legal studies that complements the other first-year courses using transversal and integrative approaches.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite: LAWG110D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 110D1 and LAWG 110D2 are successfully completed in consecutive term
PUB2 101D1
Constitutional Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: A comprehensive treatment of the theory, law and practice of the constitution, including legislative, executive and judicial institutions in Canada. The rule of law in executive government and in the lawmaking process. Parliamentary sovereignty, constitutional amendment, and the federal system, including the division of legislative powers. Guarantees of fundamental freedoms with emphasis on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- Instructors
- Alexander Pless, Lindy Rouillard-Labbé, Vrinda Narain, Joshua Nichols
PUB2 101D2
Constitutional Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: See PUB2 101D1 for course description.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite: PUB2 101D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both PUB2 101D1 and PUB2 101D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- Terms
- Instructors
- Johanne Poirier, Vrinda Narain, Joshua Nichols
PUB3 116
Foundations
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 3: Overview of the spirit, history, and sources of Civil and Common Law traditions in their Canadian manifestations; introduction to Aboriginal legal traditions. The course explores issues of legal history and institutions, relationship between private and public law, comparative methodology, legal theory and ethics.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- Instructors
- Sarah A Riley Case, Jennifer Raso, Victor M Muniz-Fraticelli
B. Required Courses in Second Year:
The following 14 credits of courses may be taken only in the second year:
LAWG 210
Legal Ethics & Professionalism
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: The course provides an overview of the ethical principles and rules that are relevant to one’s life as an expert in the law, including ethical requirements for the practice of law in Canada and abroad. The course is taught over the course of weekly meetings during the term, in addition to an intensive period during Focus Week.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite(s): PRAC 147D1/D2 or equivalent (transfer & advance standing students only).
- Restriction(s): Limited to 2nd year Law students only. Not open to students who have completed PRAC 155D1/D2.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Jakub Adamski, Amanda Gibeault, Jeff Kennedy
LAWG 220D1
Property
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: Integrated study of the foundations, principles and mechanisms of property law. Examination of common law, civil law and indigenous traditions in respect of property. Key relationships in respect of things and services as well as limitations on property rights.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- Instructors
- Yaell L Emerich, Pierre-Emmanuel Moyse, Priya Gupta
LAWG 220D2
Property
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: See LAWG 220D1 for description.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- Instructors
- Yaell L Emerich, Pierre-Emmanuel Moyse, Priya Gupta
PRAC 200
Advocacy
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Practicums: Critical analysis of oral advocacy skills, including a range of settings and appellate advocacy.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite(s): Completed PRAC 147D1/D2 Intro Legal Research OR equivalent (transfer & advance standing students only).
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have completed PRAC 155D1/D2. Limited to 2nd year Law students only.
PROC 124
Judicial Institutions&Civ Proc
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Procedure: Pre-trial civil procedure and applications for appeal in Canada. Launching a civil action and pleadings; jurisdiction and judicial organization; prerogative writs and evocation; motions and interlocutory relief; pre-trial mediation and settlement; discovery and costs. Emphasis on Quebec Code of Civil Procedure, Ontario Courts of Justice Act and Rules of Practice, Supreme Court Rules and Federal Court Rules.
Offered by: Law
- **This course will be held on May 3, 5, 6,10, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 24, 26, 31, June 2, 3, 7 & 9.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Jakub Adamski
- Olga Redko, Jérémy Boulanger-Bonnelly
2. Complementary Courses (12 credits)
Complementary courses are those courses that appear on a restricted list from which students must take a minimum number of credits. All students enrolled in the BCL/JD program must successfully complete the minimum number of credits required in each group of complementary courses in order to graduate.
A. Civil Law Immersion Courses:
3 credits from the following list of civil law courses:
BUS2 561
Insurance
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Business Law 2: The general principles of the insurance contract under the law of Quebec, with reference to the Ontario Insurance Act and the insurance acts of other common law provinces. This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Civil Law Tradition.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken BUS2 461
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
LAWG 506
Advanced Civil Law Property
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: This course aims develop civil law reasoning and methodology through the study of certain concepts and constructs in civil law property.This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Civil Law Tradition
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PROC 200
Advanced Civil Law Obligations
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Procedure: General theory of obligations in the Civil Law tradition, the interaction of contractual and extra-contractual obligations; introduction to unjust enrichment; relationship of general law to special regimes of compensation such as no-fault regimes; certain aspects of the modalities, transfer, alteration and extinction of obligations. This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Civil Law Tradition.
Offered by: Law
PROC 549
Lease, Enterprise, Suretyship
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Procedure: The contracts of lease, including some aspects of residential leases, enterprise and suretyship in the law of Quebec.This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Civil Law Tradition.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PROC 349
PRV2 270
Law of Persons
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Private Law 2: The existence and attributes of physical and legal persons in the Civil Law of Quebec. Modes of recognition of legal persons. Enjoyment and exercise of civil and personality rights; domicile; acts of civil status; capacity and regimes of supervised protection. Some introduction to rights under the Quebec and Canadian Charter.This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Civil Law Tradition.
Offered by: Law
PRV4 548
Admin Prop of Another & Trusts
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Private Law 4: The basic law on the administration of the property of another by those performing acts of custody, simple administration or full administration. Includes those holding property under tutorship, curatorship, testamentary executorship, deposit, mandate, substitution and trust.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV4 448
B. Common Law Immersion Courses:
3 credits from the following list of common law courses:
PRV3 200
Adv Common Law Obligations
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Private Law 3: Relationship between tort, contract, and restitution in theory and practice (including consideration of negligent misrepresentation, economic loss, exclusion clauses, and means of overcoming problems of privity); relationship between Common law and no-fault regimes; special problems in civil liability, such as non-feasance and the liability of public authorities. The study of unjust enrichment as a basis for remedies at common law, in equity and under statute and of its role as an integral part of the common law alongside contract and tort. This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Common Law Tradition.
Offered by: Law
PRV3 534
Remedies
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Private Law 3: A study of selected private law remedies available at common law, in equity and under statute. This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Common Law Tradition
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV3 434
PRV4 451
Course not available
PRV4 500
Restitution
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Private Law 4: The law relating to the restitution of benefits wrongfully or unfairly acquired: a study of unjust enrichment as a doctrinal basis for various remedies at common law, in equity and under statute and the role of unjust enrichment as an integral part of the common law alongside contract and tort.This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Common Law Tradition.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV4 435.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PRV4 549
Equity and Trusts
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Private Law 4: A consideration of the law of gratuitous transfers, concentrating on the express trust: the nature of the trust, the creation and conditions of validity of the trust, effect of failure, obligations and interests arising under the trust, variation, renovation, and termination of the trust. Related topics such as gifts, wills, intestate succession, powers of appointment and the rule against perpetuities may also be discussed.
Offered by: Law
C. Complementary Social Diversity, Human Rights and Indigenous Law Courses:
Students must take at least 3 credits from the following list of courses:
CMPL 500
Indigenous Peoples & the State
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: Current legal topics relating to Indigenous peoples, including the concept of Indigenous title, and constitutional aspects of contemporary land claims. Aspects of Canadian law relating to Indigenous peoples, their constitutional status, and hunting and fishing rights.
Offered by: Law
CMPL 504
Feminist Legal Theory
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: Feminist theory and its relevance and application to law, including feminist methodologies in law, the public versus private dichotomy, and changing conceptions of equality.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CMPL 511
Social Diversity and Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: The interaction of law and cultural diversity. Through the use of a number of case studies, we will examine: 1. The empirical effect of cultural diversity on legal systems. 2. Institutional structures to accommodate diversity. 3. Theoretical perspectives.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CMPL 516
International Development Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: The law and economics of development, including the role of agencies of the United Nations in development, the role of UNCTAD in formulating uniform rules of international trade, and the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund and their role in financing development.
Offered by: Law
CMPL 565
Intl. Humanitarian Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: Rules governing international and internal armed conflicts; historical and philosophical foundations; constraints on means to wage war; treatment of protected individuals, including prisoners of war, civilians and peacekeepers; enforcement, including belligerent reprisals and criminal prosecution; links with norms protecting human rights, the environment and cultural property; impact of cultural diversity.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite: PUB2 105
- Restriction: Not open to first year students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CMPL 571
Intl Law of Human Rights
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: International protection of human rights, particularly by the United Nations, its specialized agencies, and the Council of Europe.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CMPL 573
Civil Liberties
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: The protection of civil liberties in Canada with particular reference to public and private law remedies and emphasis on discrimination, race relations, language rights outside the Charter, and police powers.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CMPL 575
Discrimination and the Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: Equality rights and legal protections against discrimination under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms, and human rights legislation.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
IDFC 500
Indigenous Field Studies
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Interdisciplinary Field Course: Intensive field course that focuses on First Nations, Métis and Inuit cultures and worldviews, with particular emphasis on linkages to practice areas and integration across disciplinary silos. Attention is given to the effects of Canadian legal, health and social welfare policies on contemporary First Nations, Métis and Inuit societies.
Offered by: Social Work
- Restrictions: The course is only open to students in Social Work, Anthropology, Law and Medicine or by permission of the instructor. Not open to students who have taken IDFC 380.
- This intensive course includes 1 week where students live in the field. The field portion of the course may involve rugged field conditions and varying weather for which students must be prepared and equipped.
- A fee of $434.21 is charged to all students registered in IDFC 500 delivered in Montreal. The fee covers food, activities, land use, and other site expenses.
- **This course will be held on April 29, 30, May 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24 & 27th.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
LAWG 503
Inter-American Human Rights
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: History and development of the Inter-American System, with a focus on the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights and Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Examination of their constitutive statutes. Survey of the mechanisms for redress provided by the Commission and the Court.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Restricted to Law student. Non-Law students require permission from instructor & SAO
- Language of instruction may not be English - depends on the instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
LAWG 505
Critical Engagements with HR
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: 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.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite(s): LAWG 517 or permission from instructor.
LAWG 507
Critical Race Theory
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: 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.
Offered by: Law
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken LAWG 517 or LAWG 521 when topic was "Critical Race Theory"
LAWG 508D1
Indigenous Constitutionalism
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: Exploration of Anishinaabe legality, constitutionalism, and law. Logic and structure through elder’s teachings, stories, material culture, and the works of myriad
Indigenous writers and orators, including one view of Anishinaabe constitutionalism, what kinds of legal processes and institutions it supports, what kind of law these generate, and how that body of law changes through time and across places. Contemporary Indigenous law revitalization projects in Canada. How
colonialism structures Indigenous-settler relationships on Turtle Island, complicating prospects for Indigenous constitutional and legal revitalization.
Offered by: Law
- Students must register for both LAWG 508D1 and LAWG 508D2
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 508D1 and LAWG 508D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LAWG 518 or LAWG 519 when topic was ‘Indigenous Constitutionalism’
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
LAWG 508D2
Indigenous Constitutionalism
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: See LAWG 508D1 for description.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite: LAWG 508D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 508D1 and LAWG 508D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
* Students must take both LAWG 508D1 and 508D2.
LEEL 369
Labour Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Labour/Employmt/Environmt Law: An introduction to Canadian labour law including collective bargaining, arbitration and industrial relations generally. Emphasis on the Canada Labour Code, the Quebec Labour Code and related statutes.
Offered by: Law
LEEL 582
Law & Poverty
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Labour/Employmt/Environmt Law: The differential character of the law concerning rich and poor as reflected in case studies in criminal law, consumer law, housing law, welfare law. The "delivery systems" available for legal services to the poor and alternative organizational models for legal services; the role of law schools, government and the professional bar.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LEEL 482
PUB2 105
Public International Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: The traditional fields of International Law including nature and sources; recognition, territory and acquisition of territory; jurisdiction on the high seas; nationality; diplomatic and consular privileges and immunities; responsibility of states; interpretation of treaties; legal control of force and aspects of the U.N. Charter, special Canadian problems of international law.
Offered by: Law
PUB2 500
Law and Psychiatry
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: The roles of lawyers and psychiatrists in the handling of the mentally ill within the legal process. Consideration of the civil commitment and criminal commitment processes, insanity and "automatism" defences, the psychiatrist as expert witness, mental illness as a problem in relation to legal capacity. Some sessions will be conducted jointly with members of the psychiatric profession.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Open to a limited number of students in Law, Psychiatry and Psychology. Not open to students who have taken PUB2 419.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PUB2 502
International Criminal Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: Crimes against the law of nations, war crimes (the Nuremberg trials, the Eichmann case), genocide and the way in which states co-operate to fight organized crime, terrorism, hijacking, etc. Topics include: jurisdiction (crimes committed in foreign countries, at sea, in aircraft, extradition, international judicial assistance) and the recognition and enforcement of foreign criminal sentences.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PUB2 425.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PUB2 551
Immigration & Refugee Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: A study of Canadian and Quebec immigration and refugee law, practice and policy, with particular exploration of the historical development-and contemporary paradox-of border regulation; interface with national security, employment policy and trade theory; admissions categories and the construction of illegality; impact of Charter and international human rights law.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PUB2 451
PUB3 515
Can Charter of Rights&Freedoms
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 3: A critical analysis of the Charter and its implications for the legal process in general, and domestic human rights law in particular, organized around the following themes: pre-Charter human rights law and its legacy; general considerations respecting the entrenchment, application and interpretation of the Charter; procedural issues and judicial review under the Charter; advocacy under the Charter.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PUB3 115
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
D. Principles of [Canadian] Administrative Law:
Students must take at least 3 credits from the following list of courses:
BUS1 532
Bankruptcy and Insolvency
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Business Law 1: Federal bankruptcy law, including bankruptcy petitions, an individual's rights to a discharge, the nature of claims provable in bankruptcy, the rejection and assumption of executory contracts, the stay of proceedings and the avoidance powers of trustees and receiverships and workouts as alternatives to bankruptcy proceedings.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken BUS1 432.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
BUS2 504
Securities Regulation
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Business Law 2: An introduction to the structure of Canada's capital markets and a review of major features of securities regulation using the Quebec or Ontario scheme as background. An examination of the general regulatory framework for licensing of securities professionals, disclosure to investors and enforcement powers of regulators.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken BUS2 372.
CMPL 539
International Taxation
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: Canadian tax treatment of subjects, including the export of goods and services, carrying on business in other countries, international employee transfers, international re-organizations, and international joint ventures and partnerships.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CMPL 543
Law & Practice of Intl Trade
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: The fundamental aspects of international law governing international trade, and governmental regulation of international trade in Canada and Canada's major trading partners.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CMPL 574
Government Control of Business
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: Selected topics in government control and regulation of business with emphasis on competition law and policy.
Offered by: Law
CMPL 575
Discrimination and the Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: Equality rights and legal protections against discrimination under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms, and human rights legislation.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CMPL 577
Communications Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: Regulation of common communication carriers and mass media in Canada, including legal developments initiated by foreign market competition, and the regulatory authority of the C.R.T.C.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CMPL 580
Environment & the Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: Environmental law, with emphasis on ecological, economic, political, and international dimensions.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
LAWG 523
Tax Practice Seminar
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: Examination of tax practice from a theoretical and practical perspective in five experiential modules featuring local practitioners, including tax planning for
families, analysis of application of general anti-avoidance rules to planned transactions, analysis of tax aspects of new technologies.
Offered by: Law
- Not open to students who have taken LAWG 537 when topic was "Tax practice Seminar".
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
LEEL 369
Labour Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Labour/Employmt/Environmt Law: An introduction to Canadian labour law including collective bargaining, arbitration and industrial relations generally. Emphasis on the Canada Labour Code, the Quebec Labour Code and related statutes.
Offered by: Law
LEEL 570
Employment Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Labour/Employmt/Environmt Law: Survey of the employment contract including hiring practices, dismissals, duties of the employer and the employee including loyalty, non-competition, impact of statutes (Labour Standards Act, Charter of the French Language, etc...) and recourses. The purpose of the course is to deal with non-collective agreement employment contracts, which govern most of the working population.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LEEL 470
LEEL 582
Law & Poverty
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Labour/Employmt/Environmt Law: The differential character of the law concerning rich and poor as reflected in case studies in criminal law, consumer law, housing law, welfare law. The "delivery systems" available for legal services to the poor and alternative organizational models for legal services; the role of law schools, government and the professional bar.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LEEL 482
PRV4 545
Land Use Planning
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Private Law 4: A study of private and public control of land use and development, including: constitutional jurisdiction; provincial, regional and local planning; regulatory and discretionary tools (e.g., zoning by-laws, subdivision control, site-plan control), acquired rights; expropriation, land values and compensation, protection of sensitive areas (e.g. heritage property, agricultural land).
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV4 145
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PRV5 483
Consumer Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Private Law 5: A comparative study of civil and common law and consumer protection law in Quebec and in Canada.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PUB2 400
The Administrative Process
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: The administrative process and the legal structure of administrative agencies. Statutory interpretation, delegated legislation, policy rules, administrative discretion, administrative procedures and problems of institutional design will be considered in the context of some contemporary administrative agencies.
Offered by: Law
PUB2 401
Judicial Rev of Admin Action
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: The control of administrative decision-makers. Problems of delegation, formal jurisdiction, natural justice and errors of fact and law. Judicial review remedies; appeals; reconsideration; tort and contractual liability of administrative agencies; privative clauses; public inquiries; ombudsman schemes.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- Instructors
- Evan Fox-Decent
- Michelle Kellam
PUB2 500
Law and Psychiatry
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: The roles of lawyers and psychiatrists in the handling of the mentally ill within the legal process. Consideration of the civil commitment and criminal commitment processes, insanity and "automatism" defences, the psychiatrist as expert witness, mental illness as a problem in relation to legal capacity. Some sessions will be conducted jointly with members of the psychiatric profession.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Open to a limited number of students in Law, Psychiatry and Psychology. Not open to students who have taken PUB2 419.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PUB2 515
Tax Policy
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: Public aspects of tax legislation; federal-provincial agreements; tax sharing and equalization; municipal aspects; social problems in tax policy. Negative tax and re-distribution of resources.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PUB2 415
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PUB2 551
Immigration & Refugee Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: A study of Canadian and Quebec immigration and refugee law, practice and policy, with particular exploration of the historical development-and contemporary paradox-of border regulation; interface with national security, employment policy and trade theory; admissions categories and the construction of illegality; impact of Charter and international human rights law.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PUB2 451
3. Elective Courses (46 credits) and Minimum Writing Requirement
Students must take 46 other elective courses offered within the Faculty or approved as credit equivalences in order to complete the 105-credit degree requirement. The list of electives varies from year to year, and can be seen on our Current Courses page.
All students are required to submit at least one research paper. This requirement may be satisfied by:
- writing an essay in a course in which the essay constitutes no less than 75% of the final grade;
- writing a term essay under independent supervision, for credit, within the Faculty of Law;
- writing an article, note, or comment of equivalent substance that is published or accepted for publication in the McGill Law Journal and approved by the Faculty Advisor to that publication.
Papers written jointly do not satisfy this requirement.
Enrollment as of 2019
Below is a list of the required and complementary law courses in the BCL/JD program for students enrolled in or after 2018. All first-year courses are offered in both English and French. Upper-year courses can be in either French or English.
1. Required courses
These Law Courses are absolutely required in the program. All students enrolled in the BCL/JD program must successfully complete these courses in order to graduate.
A. Required Courses in First Year
The following 32 credits of courses may be taken only in the first year:
LAWG 100D1
Contractual Obligations
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: Basic concepts of contractual obligation in the Civil and Common Law. Formation and consent; formalities; cause and consideration; relativity of contracts and privity; lesion and unconscionability; performance and breach; frustration and force majeure; contractual remedies.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- Instructors
- Fabien Gélinas, Helge Dedek, Jérémy Boulanger-Bonnelly
LAWG 100D2
Contractual Obligations
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: See LAWG 100D1 for course description.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite: LAWG 100D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 100D1 and LAWG 100D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- Terms
- Instructors
- Fabien Gélinas, Helge Dedek, Jérémy Boulanger-Bonnelly
LAWG 101D1
Ex-Contractual Obligatns/Torts
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: Integrated study of basic concepts of extracontractual obligations in the Civil and Common law. Fault and other bases for liability; protected interests; causation; reasons for exoneration; apportionment of liability; intersection of human rights and civil wrongs.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- Instructors
- Sébastien Jodoin, Richard A Janda, Konstanze von Schütz
LAWG 101D2
Ex-Contractual Obligatns/Torts
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: See LAWG 101D1 for course description.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite: LAWG 101D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 101D1 and LAWG 101D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- Terms
- Instructors
- Sébastien Jodoin, Richard A Janda, Konstanze von Schütz
LAWG 102D1
Criminal Justice
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: Basis, nature and functioning of criminal justice within and across legal orders, with a focus on Canadian criminal justice. Main determinants of crime and rationales for criminalizing certain conduct. Key substantive, procedural, evidentiary and sentencing aspects of the criminal law, and the social impact of criminal justice.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- Instructors
- Noah S Weisbord, Alana Klein, Marie Manikis
LAWG 102D2
Criminal Justice
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: Basis, nature and functioning of criminal justice within and across legal orders, with a focus on Canadian criminal justice. Main determinants of crime and rationales for criminalizing certain conduct. Key substantive, procedural, evidentiary and sentencing aspects of the criminal law, and the social impact of criminal justice.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite: LAWG102D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 102D1 and LAWG 102D2 are successfully completed in consecutive term
- Terms
- Instructors
- Noah S Weisbord, Alana Klein, Marie Manikis
LAWG 110D1
Integration Workshop
1.5 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: An introduction to law and legal studies that complements the other first-year courses using transversal and integrative approaches.
Offered by: Law
LAWG 110D2
Integration Workshop
1.5 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: An introduction to law and legal studies that complements the other first-year courses using transversal and integrative approaches.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite: LAWG110D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 110D1 and LAWG 110D2 are successfully completed in consecutive term
PUB2 101D1
Constitutional Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: A comprehensive treatment of the theory, law and practice of the constitution, including legislative, executive and judicial institutions in Canada. The rule of law in executive government and in the lawmaking process. Parliamentary sovereignty, constitutional amendment, and the federal system, including the division of legislative powers. Guarantees of fundamental freedoms with emphasis on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- Instructors
- Alexander Pless, Lindy Rouillard-Labbé, Vrinda Narain, Joshua Nichols
PUB2 101D2
Constitutional Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: See PUB2 101D1 for course description.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite: PUB2 101D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both PUB2 101D1 and PUB2 101D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- Terms
- Instructors
- Johanne Poirier, Vrinda Narain, Joshua Nichols
PUB3 116D1
Course not available
PUB3 116D2
Course not available
B. Required Courses in Second Year:
The following 14 credits of courses may be taken only in the second year:
LAWG 210
Legal Ethics & Professionalism
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: The course provides an overview of the ethical principles and rules that are relevant to one’s life as an expert in the law, including ethical requirements for the practice of law in Canada and abroad. The course is taught over the course of weekly meetings during the term, in addition to an intensive period during Focus Week.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite(s): PRAC 147D1/D2 or equivalent (transfer & advance standing students only).
- Restriction(s): Limited to 2nd year Law students only. Not open to students who have completed PRAC 155D1/D2.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Jakub Adamski, Amanda Gibeault, Jeff Kennedy
LAWG 220D1
Property
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: Integrated study of the foundations, principles and mechanisms of property law. Examination of common law, civil law and indigenous traditions in respect of property. Key relationships in respect of things and services as well as limitations on property rights.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- Instructors
- Yaell L Emerich, Pierre-Emmanuel Moyse, Priya Gupta
LAWG 220D2
Property
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: See LAWG 220D1 for description.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- Instructors
- Yaell L Emerich, Pierre-Emmanuel Moyse, Priya Gupta
PROC 124
Judicial Institutions&Civ Proc
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Procedure: Pre-trial civil procedure and applications for appeal in Canada. Launching a civil action and pleadings; jurisdiction and judicial organization; prerogative writs and evocation; motions and interlocutory relief; pre-trial mediation and settlement; discovery and costs. Emphasis on Quebec Code of Civil Procedure, Ontario Courts of Justice Act and Rules of Practice, Supreme Court Rules and Federal Court Rules.
Offered by: Law
- **This course will be held on May 3, 5, 6,10, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 24, 26, 31, June 2, 3, 7 & 9.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Jakub Adamski
- Olga Redko, Jérémy Boulanger-Bonnelly
PRAC 200
Advocacy
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Practicums: Critical analysis of oral advocacy skills, including a range of settings and appellate advocacy.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite(s): Completed PRAC 147D1/D2 Intro Legal Research OR equivalent (transfer & advance standing students only).
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have completed PRAC 155D1/D2. Limited to 2nd year Law students only.
2. Complementary Courses
Complementary Courses are those courses that appear on a restricted list from which students must take a minimum number of credits. All students enrolled in the BCL/JD program must successfully complete the minimum number of credits required in each group of complementary courses in order to graduate.
A. Civil Law Immersion Courses:
3 credits from the following list of civil law courses:
BUS2 561
Insurance
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Business Law 2: The general principles of the insurance contract under the law of Quebec, with reference to the Ontario Insurance Act and the insurance acts of other common law provinces. This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Civil Law Tradition.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken BUS2 461
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
LAWG 506
Advanced Civil Law Property
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: This course aims develop civil law reasoning and methodology through the study of certain concepts and constructs in civil law property.This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Civil Law Tradition
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PROC 200
Advanced Civil Law Obligations
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Procedure: General theory of obligations in the Civil Law tradition, the interaction of contractual and extra-contractual obligations; introduction to unjust enrichment; relationship of general law to special regimes of compensation such as no-fault regimes; certain aspects of the modalities, transfer, alteration and extinction of obligations. This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Civil Law Tradition.
Offered by: Law
PROC 549
Lease, Enterprise, Suretyship
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Procedure: The contracts of lease, including some aspects of residential leases, enterprise and suretyship in the law of Quebec.This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Civil Law Tradition.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PROC 349
PRV2 270
Law of Persons
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Private Law 2: The existence and attributes of physical and legal persons in the Civil Law of Quebec. Modes of recognition of legal persons. Enjoyment and exercise of civil and personality rights; domicile; acts of civil status; capacity and regimes of supervised protection. Some introduction to rights under the Quebec and Canadian Charter.This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Civil Law Tradition.
Offered by: Law
PRV4 548
Admin Prop of Another & Trusts
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Private Law 4: The basic law on the administration of the property of another by those performing acts of custody, simple administration or full administration. Includes those holding property under tutorship, curatorship, testamentary executorship, deposit, mandate, substitution and trust.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV4 448
B. Common Law Immersion Courses:
3 credits from the following list of common law courses:
PRV3 200
Adv Common Law Obligations
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Private Law 3: Relationship between tort, contract, and restitution in theory and practice (including consideration of negligent misrepresentation, economic loss, exclusion clauses, and means of overcoming problems of privity); relationship between Common law and no-fault regimes; special problems in civil liability, such as non-feasance and the liability of public authorities. The study of unjust enrichment as a basis for remedies at common law, in equity and under statute and of its role as an integral part of the common law alongside contract and tort. This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Common Law Tradition.
Offered by: Law
PRV3 534
Remedies
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Private Law 3: A study of selected private law remedies available at common law, in equity and under statute. This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Common Law Tradition
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV3 434
PRV4 451
Course not available
PRV4 500
Restitution
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Private Law 4: The law relating to the restitution of benefits wrongfully or unfairly acquired: a study of unjust enrichment as a doctrinal basis for various remedies at common law, in equity and under statute and the role of unjust enrichment as an integral part of the common law alongside contract and tort.This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Common Law Tradition.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV4 435.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PRV4 549
Equity and Trusts
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Private Law 4: A consideration of the law of gratuitous transfers, concentrating on the express trust: the nature of the trust, the creation and conditions of validity of the trust, effect of failure, obligations and interests arising under the trust, variation, renovation, and termination of the trust. Related topics such as gifts, wills, intestate succession, powers of appointment and the rule against perpetuities may also be discussed.
Offered by: Law
C. Complementary Social Diversity, Human Rights and Indigenous Law Courses:
Students must take at least 3 credits from the following list of courses:
CMPL 500
Indigenous Peoples & the State
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: Current legal topics relating to Indigenous peoples, including the concept of Indigenous title, and constitutional aspects of contemporary land claims. Aspects of Canadian law relating to Indigenous peoples, their constitutional status, and hunting and fishing rights.
Offered by: Law
CMPL 504
Feminist Legal Theory
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: Feminist theory and its relevance and application to law, including feminist methodologies in law, the public versus private dichotomy, and changing conceptions of equality.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CMPL 508
Course not available
CMPL 511
Social Diversity and Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: The interaction of law and cultural diversity. Through the use of a number of case studies, we will examine: 1. The empirical effect of cultural diversity on legal systems. 2. Institutional structures to accommodate diversity. 3. Theoretical perspectives.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CMPL 516
International Development Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: The law and economics of development, including the role of agencies of the United Nations in development, the role of UNCTAD in formulating uniform rules of international trade, and the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund and their role in financing development.
Offered by: Law
CMPL 565
Intl. Humanitarian Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: Rules governing international and internal armed conflicts; historical and philosophical foundations; constraints on means to wage war; treatment of protected individuals, including prisoners of war, civilians and peacekeepers; enforcement, including belligerent reprisals and criminal prosecution; links with norms protecting human rights, the environment and cultural property; impact of cultural diversity.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite: PUB2 105
- Restriction: Not open to first year students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CMPL 571
Intl Law of Human Rights
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: International protection of human rights, particularly by the United Nations, its specialized agencies, and the Council of Europe.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CMPL 573
Civil Liberties
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: The protection of civil liberties in Canada with particular reference to public and private law remedies and emphasis on discrimination, race relations, language rights outside the Charter, and police powers.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CMPL 575
Discrimination and the Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: Equality rights and legal protections against discrimination under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms, and human rights legislation.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
IDFC 500
Indigenous Field Studies
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Interdisciplinary Field Course: Intensive field course that focuses on First Nations, Métis and Inuit cultures and worldviews, with particular emphasis on linkages to practice areas and integration across disciplinary silos. Attention is given to the effects of Canadian legal, health and social welfare policies on contemporary First Nations, Métis and Inuit societies.
Offered by: Social Work
- Restrictions: The course is only open to students in Social Work, Anthropology, Law and Medicine or by permission of the instructor. Not open to students who have taken IDFC 380.
- This intensive course includes 1 week where students live in the field. The field portion of the course may involve rugged field conditions and varying weather for which students must be prepared and equipped.
- A fee of $434.21 is charged to all students registered in IDFC 500 delivered in Montreal. The fee covers food, activities, land use, and other site expenses.
- **This course will be held on April 29, 30, May 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24 & 27th.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
LAWG 503
Inter-American Human Rights
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: History and development of the Inter-American System, with a focus on the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights and Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Examination of their constitutive statutes. Survey of the mechanisms for redress provided by the Commission and the Court.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Restricted to Law student. Non-Law students require permission from instructor & SAO
- Language of instruction may not be English - depends on the instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
LAWG 505
Critical Engagements with HR
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: 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.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite(s): LAWG 517 or permission from instructor.
LAWG 507
Critical Race Theory
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: 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.
Offered by: Law
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken LAWG 517 or LAWG 521 when topic was "Critical Race Theory"
LAWG 508
Course not available
LEEL 369
Labour Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Labour/Employmt/Environmt Law: An introduction to Canadian labour law including collective bargaining, arbitration and industrial relations generally. Emphasis on the Canada Labour Code, the Quebec Labour Code and related statutes.
Offered by: Law
LEEL 582
Law & Poverty
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Labour/Employmt/Environmt Law: The differential character of the law concerning rich and poor as reflected in case studies in criminal law, consumer law, housing law, welfare law. The "delivery systems" available for legal services to the poor and alternative organizational models for legal services; the role of law schools, government and the professional bar.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LEEL 482
PUB2 105
Public International Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: The traditional fields of International Law including nature and sources; recognition, territory and acquisition of territory; jurisdiction on the high seas; nationality; diplomatic and consular privileges and immunities; responsibility of states; interpretation of treaties; legal control of force and aspects of the U.N. Charter, special Canadian problems of international law.
Offered by: Law
PUB2 500
Law and Psychiatry
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: The roles of lawyers and psychiatrists in the handling of the mentally ill within the legal process. Consideration of the civil commitment and criminal commitment processes, insanity and "automatism" defences, the psychiatrist as expert witness, mental illness as a problem in relation to legal capacity. Some sessions will be conducted jointly with members of the psychiatric profession.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Open to a limited number of students in Law, Psychiatry and Psychology. Not open to students who have taken PUB2 419.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PUB2 502
International Criminal Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: Crimes against the law of nations, war crimes (the Nuremberg trials, the Eichmann case), genocide and the way in which states co-operate to fight organized crime, terrorism, hijacking, etc. Topics include: jurisdiction (crimes committed in foreign countries, at sea, in aircraft, extradition, international judicial assistance) and the recognition and enforcement of foreign criminal sentences.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PUB2 425.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PUB2 551
Immigration & Refugee Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: A study of Canadian and Quebec immigration and refugee law, practice and policy, with particular exploration of the historical development-and contemporary paradox-of border regulation; interface with national security, employment policy and trade theory; admissions categories and the construction of illegality; impact of Charter and international human rights law.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PUB2 451
PUB3 515
Can Charter of Rights&Freedoms
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 3: A critical analysis of the Charter and its implications for the legal process in general, and domestic human rights law in particular, organized around the following themes: pre-Charter human rights law and its legacy; general considerations respecting the entrenchment, application and interpretation of the Charter; procedural issues and judicial review under the Charter; advocacy under the Charter.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PUB3 115
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
D. Principles of [Canadian] Administrative Law:
Students must take at least 3 credits from the following list of courses:
BUS1 532
Bankruptcy and Insolvency
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Business Law 1: Federal bankruptcy law, including bankruptcy petitions, an individual's rights to a discharge, the nature of claims provable in bankruptcy, the rejection and assumption of executory contracts, the stay of proceedings and the avoidance powers of trustees and receiverships and workouts as alternatives to bankruptcy proceedings.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken BUS1 432.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
BUS2 504
Securities Regulation
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Business Law 2: An introduction to the structure of Canada's capital markets and a review of major features of securities regulation using the Quebec or Ontario scheme as background. An examination of the general regulatory framework for licensing of securities professionals, disclosure to investors and enforcement powers of regulators.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken BUS2 372.
CMPL 539
International Taxation
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: Canadian tax treatment of subjects, including the export of goods and services, carrying on business in other countries, international employee transfers, international re-organizations, and international joint ventures and partnerships.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CMPL 543
Law & Practice of Intl Trade
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: The fundamental aspects of international law governing international trade, and governmental regulation of international trade in Canada and Canada's major trading partners.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CMPL 574
Government Control of Business
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: Selected topics in government control and regulation of business with emphasis on competition law and policy.
Offered by: Law
CMPL 575
Discrimination and the Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: Equality rights and legal protections against discrimination under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms, and human rights legislation.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CMPL 577
Communications Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: Regulation of common communication carriers and mass media in Canada, including legal developments initiated by foreign market competition, and the regulatory authority of the C.R.T.C.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CMPL 580
Environment & the Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: Environmental law, with emphasis on ecological, economic, political, and international dimensions.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
LAWG 523
Tax Practice Seminar
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: Examination of tax practice from a theoretical and practical perspective in five experiential modules featuring local practitioners, including tax planning for
families, analysis of application of general anti-avoidance rules to planned transactions, analysis of tax aspects of new technologies.
Offered by: Law
- Not open to students who have taken LAWG 537 when topic was "Tax practice Seminar".
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
LEEL 369
Labour Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Labour/Employmt/Environmt Law: An introduction to Canadian labour law including collective bargaining, arbitration and industrial relations generally. Emphasis on the Canada Labour Code, the Quebec Labour Code and related statutes.
Offered by: Law
LEEL 570
Employment Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Labour/Employmt/Environmt Law: Survey of the employment contract including hiring practices, dismissals, duties of the employer and the employee including loyalty, non-competition, impact of statutes (Labour Standards Act, Charter of the French Language, etc...) and recourses. The purpose of the course is to deal with non-collective agreement employment contracts, which govern most of the working population.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LEEL 470
LEEL 582
Law & Poverty
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Labour/Employmt/Environmt Law: The differential character of the law concerning rich and poor as reflected in case studies in criminal law, consumer law, housing law, welfare law. The "delivery systems" available for legal services to the poor and alternative organizational models for legal services; the role of law schools, government and the professional bar.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LEEL 482
PRV4 545
Land Use Planning
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Private Law 4: A study of private and public control of land use and development, including: constitutional jurisdiction; provincial, regional and local planning; regulatory and discretionary tools (e.g., zoning by-laws, subdivision control, site-plan control), acquired rights; expropriation, land values and compensation, protection of sensitive areas (e.g. heritage property, agricultural land).
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV4 145
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PRV5 483
Consumer Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Private Law 5: A comparative study of civil and common law and consumer protection law in Quebec and in Canada.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PUB2 400
The Administrative Process
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: The administrative process and the legal structure of administrative agencies. Statutory interpretation, delegated legislation, policy rules, administrative discretion, administrative procedures and problems of institutional design will be considered in the context of some contemporary administrative agencies.
Offered by: Law
PUB2 401
Judicial Rev of Admin Action
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: The control of administrative decision-makers. Problems of delegation, formal jurisdiction, natural justice and errors of fact and law. Judicial review remedies; appeals; reconsideration; tort and contractual liability of administrative agencies; privative clauses; public inquiries; ombudsman schemes.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- Instructors
- Evan Fox-Decent
- Michelle Kellam
PUB2 500
Law and Psychiatry
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: The roles of lawyers and psychiatrists in the handling of the mentally ill within the legal process. Consideration of the civil commitment and criminal commitment processes, insanity and "automatism" defences, the psychiatrist as expert witness, mental illness as a problem in relation to legal capacity. Some sessions will be conducted jointly with members of the psychiatric profession.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Open to a limited number of students in Law, Psychiatry and Psychology. Not open to students who have taken PUB2 419.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PUB2 515
Tax Policy
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: Public aspects of tax legislation; federal-provincial agreements; tax sharing and equalization; municipal aspects; social problems in tax policy. Negative tax and re-distribution of resources.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PUB2 415
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PUB2 551
Immigration & Refugee Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: A study of Canadian and Quebec immigration and refugee law, practice and policy, with particular exploration of the historical development-and contemporary paradox-of border regulation; interface with national security, employment policy and trade theory; admissions categories and the construction of illegality; impact of Charter and international human rights law.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PUB2 451
3. Elective Courses and Minimum Writing Requirement
Students must take 47Â other elective courses offered within the Faculty or approved as credit equivalences in order to complete the 105-credit degree requirement. The list of electives varies from year to year, and can be seen on our Current Courses page.
All students are required to submit at least one research paper. This requirement may be satisfied by:
- writing an essay in a course in which the essay constitutes no less than 75% of the final grade;
- writing a term essay under independent supervision, for credit, within the Faculty of Law;
- writing an article, note, or comment of equivalent substance that is published or accepted for publication in the McGill Law Journal and approved by the Faculty Advisor to that publication.
Papers written jointly do not satisfy this requirement.
Enrollment as of 2018
Below is a list of the required and complementary law courses in the BCL/JD program for students enrolled in or after 2018. All first-year courses are offered in both English and French. Upper-year courses can be in either French or English.
1. Required courses
These Law Courses are absolutely required in the program. All students enrolled in the BCL/JD program must successfully complete these courses in order to graduate.
A. Required Courses in First Year
The following 32 credits of courses may be taken only in the first year:
LAWG 100D1
Contractual Obligations
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: Basic concepts of contractual obligation in the Civil and Common Law. Formation and consent; formalities; cause and consideration; relativity of contracts and privity; lesion and unconscionability; performance and breach; frustration and force majeure; contractual remedies.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- Instructors
- Fabien Gélinas, Helge Dedek, Jérémy Boulanger-Bonnelly
LAWG 100D2
Contractual Obligations
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: See LAWG 100D1 for course description.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite: LAWG 100D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 100D1 and LAWG 100D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- Terms
- Instructors
- Fabien Gélinas, Helge Dedek, Jérémy Boulanger-Bonnelly
LAWG 101D1
Ex-Contractual Obligatns/Torts
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: Integrated study of basic concepts of extracontractual obligations in the Civil and Common law. Fault and other bases for liability; protected interests; causation; reasons for exoneration; apportionment of liability; intersection of human rights and civil wrongs.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- Instructors
- Sébastien Jodoin, Richard A Janda, Konstanze von Schütz
LAWG 101D2
Ex-Contractual Obligatns/Torts
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: See LAWG 101D1 for course description.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite: LAWG 101D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 101D1 and LAWG 101D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- Terms
- Instructors
- Sébastien Jodoin, Richard A Janda, Konstanze von Schütz
LAWG 102D1
Criminal Justice
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: Basis, nature and functioning of criminal justice within and across legal orders, with a focus on Canadian criminal justice. Main determinants of crime and rationales for criminalizing certain conduct. Key substantive, procedural, evidentiary and sentencing aspects of the criminal law, and the social impact of criminal justice.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- Instructors
- Noah S Weisbord, Alana Klein, Marie Manikis
LAWG 102D2
Criminal Justice
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: Basis, nature and functioning of criminal justice within and across legal orders, with a focus on Canadian criminal justice. Main determinants of crime and rationales for criminalizing certain conduct. Key substantive, procedural, evidentiary and sentencing aspects of the criminal law, and the social impact of criminal justice.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite: LAWG102D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 102D1 and LAWG 102D2 are successfully completed in consecutive term
- Terms
- Instructors
- Noah S Weisbord, Alana Klein, Marie Manikis
LAWG 110D1
Integration Workshop
1.5 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: An introduction to law and legal studies that complements the other first-year courses using transversal and integrative approaches.
Offered by: Law
LAWG 110D2
Integration Workshop
1.5 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: An introduction to law and legal studies that complements the other first-year courses using transversal and integrative approaches.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite: LAWG110D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 110D1 and LAWG 110D2 are successfully completed in consecutive term
PUB2 101D1
Constitutional Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: A comprehensive treatment of the theory, law and practice of the constitution, including legislative, executive and judicial institutions in Canada. The rule of law in executive government and in the lawmaking process. Parliamentary sovereignty, constitutional amendment, and the federal system, including the division of legislative powers. Guarantees of fundamental freedoms with emphasis on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- Instructors
- Alexander Pless, Lindy Rouillard-Labbé, Vrinda Narain, Joshua Nichols
PUB2 101D2
Constitutional Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: See PUB2 101D1 for course description.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite: PUB2 101D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both PUB2 101D1 and PUB2 101D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- Terms
- Instructors
- Johanne Poirier, Vrinda Narain, Joshua Nichols
PUB3 116D1
Course not available
PUB3 116D2
Course not available
B. Required Courses in Second Year
The following 13 credits of courses may be taken only in the second year:
LAWG 210
Legal Ethics & Professionalism
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: The course provides an overview of the ethical principles and rules that are relevant to one’s life as an expert in the law, including ethical requirements for the practice of law in Canada and abroad. The course is taught over the course of weekly meetings during the term, in addition to an intensive period during Focus Week.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite(s): PRAC 147D1/D2 or equivalent (transfer & advance standing students only).
- Restriction(s): Limited to 2nd year Law students only. Not open to students who have completed PRAC 155D1/D2.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Jakub Adamski, Amanda Gibeault, Jeff Kennedy
LAWG 220D1
Property
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: Integrated study of the foundations, principles and mechanisms of property law. Examination of common law, civil law and indigenous traditions in respect of property. Key relationships in respect of things and services as well as limitations on property rights.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- Instructors
- Yaell L Emerich, Pierre-Emmanuel Moyse, Priya Gupta
LAWG 220D2
Property
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: See LAWG 220D1 for description.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- Instructors
- Yaell L Emerich, Pierre-Emmanuel Moyse, Priya Gupta
PROC 124
Judicial Institutions&Civ Proc
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Procedure: Pre-trial civil procedure and applications for appeal in Canada. Launching a civil action and pleadings; jurisdiction and judicial organization; prerogative writs and evocation; motions and interlocutory relief; pre-trial mediation and settlement; discovery and costs. Emphasis on Quebec Code of Civil Procedure, Ontario Courts of Justice Act and Rules of Practice, Supreme Court Rules and Federal Court Rules.
Offered by: Law
- **This course will be held on May 3, 5, 6,10, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 24, 26, 31, June 2, 3, 7 & 9.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Jakub Adamski
- Olga Redko, Jérémy Boulanger-Bonnelly
C. Other Required Courses
The following 1Â credit course may be taken in any year after completing the first year:
PRAC 200
Advocacy
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Practicums: Critical analysis of oral advocacy skills, including a range of settings and appellate advocacy.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite(s): Completed PRAC 147D1/D2 Intro Legal Research OR equivalent (transfer & advance standing students only).
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have completed PRAC 155D1/D2. Limited to 2nd year Law students only.
2. Complementary Courses
Complementary courses are those courses that appear on a restricted list from which students must take a minimum number of credits. All students enrolled in the BCL/JD program must successfully complete the minimum number of credits required in each group of complementary courses in order to graduate.
A. Civil Law Immersion Courses:
3 credits from the following list of civil law courses:
BUS2 561
Insurance
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Business Law 2: The general principles of the insurance contract under the law of Quebec, with reference to the Ontario Insurance Act and the insurance acts of other common law provinces. This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Civil Law Tradition.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken BUS2 461
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
LAWG 506
Advanced Civil Law Property
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: This course aims develop civil law reasoning and methodology through the study of certain concepts and constructs in civil law property.This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Civil Law Tradition
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PROC 200
Advanced Civil Law Obligations
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Procedure: General theory of obligations in the Civil Law tradition, the interaction of contractual and extra-contractual obligations; introduction to unjust enrichment; relationship of general law to special regimes of compensation such as no-fault regimes; certain aspects of the modalities, transfer, alteration and extinction of obligations. This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Civil Law Tradition.
Offered by: Law
PROC 549
Lease, Enterprise, Suretyship
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Procedure: The contracts of lease, including some aspects of residential leases, enterprise and suretyship in the law of Quebec.This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Civil Law Tradition.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PROC 349
PRV2 270
Law of Persons
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Private Law 2: The existence and attributes of physical and legal persons in the Civil Law of Quebec. Modes of recognition of legal persons. Enjoyment and exercise of civil and personality rights; domicile; acts of civil status; capacity and regimes of supervised protection. Some introduction to rights under the Quebec and Canadian Charter.This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Civil Law Tradition.
Offered by: Law
PRV4 548
Admin Prop of Another & Trusts
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Private Law 4: The basic law on the administration of the property of another by those performing acts of custody, simple administration or full administration. Includes those holding property under tutorship, curatorship, testamentary executorship, deposit, mandate, substitution and trust.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV4 448
B. Common Law Immersion Courses:
3 credits from the following list of common law courses:
PRV3 200
Adv Common Law Obligations
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Private Law 3: Relationship between tort, contract, and restitution in theory and practice (including consideration of negligent misrepresentation, economic loss, exclusion clauses, and means of overcoming problems of privity); relationship between Common law and no-fault regimes; special problems in civil liability, such as non-feasance and the liability of public authorities. The study of unjust enrichment as a basis for remedies at common law, in equity and under statute and of its role as an integral part of the common law alongside contract and tort. This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Common Law Tradition.
Offered by: Law
PRV3 534
Remedies
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Private Law 3: A study of selected private law remedies available at common law, in equity and under statute. This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Common Law Tradition
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV3 434
PRV4 451
Course not available
PRV4 500
Restitution
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Private Law 4: The law relating to the restitution of benefits wrongfully or unfairly acquired: a study of unjust enrichment as a doctrinal basis for various remedies at common law, in equity and under statute and the role of unjust enrichment as an integral part of the common law alongside contract and tort.This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Common Law Tradition.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV4 435.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PRV4 549
Equity and Trusts
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Private Law 4: A consideration of the law of gratuitous transfers, concentrating on the express trust: the nature of the trust, the creation and conditions of validity of the trust, effect of failure, obligations and interests arising under the trust, variation, renovation, and termination of the trust. Related topics such as gifts, wills, intestate succession, powers of appointment and the rule against perpetuities may also be discussed.
Offered by: Law
C. Complementary Social Diversity, Human Rights and Indigenous Law Courses:
Students must take at least 3 credits from the following list of courses:
CMPL 500
Indigenous Peoples & the State
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: Current legal topics relating to Indigenous peoples, including the concept of Indigenous title, and constitutional aspects of contemporary land claims. Aspects of Canadian law relating to Indigenous peoples, their constitutional status, and hunting and fishing rights.
Offered by: Law
CMPL 504
Feminist Legal Theory
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: Feminist theory and its relevance and application to law, including feminist methodologies in law, the public versus private dichotomy, and changing conceptions of equality.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CMPL 511
Social Diversity and Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: The interaction of law and cultural diversity. Through the use of a number of case studies, we will examine: 1. The empirical effect of cultural diversity on legal systems. 2. Institutional structures to accommodate diversity. 3. Theoretical perspectives.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CMPL 516
International Development Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: The law and economics of development, including the role of agencies of the United Nations in development, the role of UNCTAD in formulating uniform rules of international trade, and the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund and their role in financing development.
Offered by: Law
CMPL 565
Intl. Humanitarian Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: Rules governing international and internal armed conflicts; historical and philosophical foundations; constraints on means to wage war; treatment of protected individuals, including prisoners of war, civilians and peacekeepers; enforcement, including belligerent reprisals and criminal prosecution; links with norms protecting human rights, the environment and cultural property; impact of cultural diversity.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite: PUB2 105
- Restriction: Not open to first year students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CMPL 571
Intl Law of Human Rights
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: International protection of human rights, particularly by the United Nations, its specialized agencies, and the Council of Europe.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CMPL 573
Civil Liberties
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: The protection of civil liberties in Canada with particular reference to public and private law remedies and emphasis on discrimination, race relations, language rights outside the Charter, and police powers.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CMPL 575
Discrimination and the Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: Equality rights and legal protections against discrimination under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms, and human rights legislation.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
IDFC 500
Indigenous Field Studies
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Interdisciplinary Field Course: Intensive field course that focuses on First Nations, Métis and Inuit cultures and worldviews, with particular emphasis on linkages to practice areas and integration across disciplinary silos. Attention is given to the effects of Canadian legal, health and social welfare policies on contemporary First Nations, Métis and Inuit societies.
Offered by: Social Work
- Restrictions: The course is only open to students in Social Work, Anthropology, Law and Medicine or by permission of the instructor. Not open to students who have taken IDFC 380.
- This intensive course includes 1 week where students live in the field. The field portion of the course may involve rugged field conditions and varying weather for which students must be prepared and equipped.
- A fee of $434.21 is charged to all students registered in IDFC 500 delivered in Montreal. The fee covers food, activities, land use, and other site expenses.
- **This course will be held on April 29, 30, May 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24 & 27th.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
LAWG 503
Inter-American Human Rights
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: History and development of the Inter-American System, with a focus on the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights and Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Examination of their constitutive statutes. Survey of the mechanisms for redress provided by the Commission and the Court.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Restricted to Law student. Non-Law students require permission from instructor & SAO
- Language of instruction may not be English - depends on the instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
LAWG 505
Critical Engagements with HR
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: 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.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite(s): LAWG 517 or permission from instructor.
LAWG 507
Critical Race Theory
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: 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.
Offered by: Law
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken LAWG 517 or LAWG 521 when topic was "Critical Race Theory"
LEEL 369
Labour Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Labour/Employmt/Environmt Law: An introduction to Canadian labour law including collective bargaining, arbitration and industrial relations generally. Emphasis on the Canada Labour Code, the Quebec Labour Code and related statutes.
Offered by: Law
LEEL 582
Law & Poverty
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Labour/Employmt/Environmt Law: The differential character of the law concerning rich and poor as reflected in case studies in criminal law, consumer law, housing law, welfare law. The "delivery systems" available for legal services to the poor and alternative organizational models for legal services; the role of law schools, government and the professional bar.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LEEL 482
PUB2 105
Public International Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: The traditional fields of International Law including nature and sources; recognition, territory and acquisition of territory; jurisdiction on the high seas; nationality; diplomatic and consular privileges and immunities; responsibility of states; interpretation of treaties; legal control of force and aspects of the U.N. Charter, special Canadian problems of international law.
Offered by: Law
PUB2 500
Law and Psychiatry
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: The roles of lawyers and psychiatrists in the handling of the mentally ill within the legal process. Consideration of the civil commitment and criminal commitment processes, insanity and "automatism" defences, the psychiatrist as expert witness, mental illness as a problem in relation to legal capacity. Some sessions will be conducted jointly with members of the psychiatric profession.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Open to a limited number of students in Law, Psychiatry and Psychology. Not open to students who have taken PUB2 419.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PUB2 502
International Criminal Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: Crimes against the law of nations, war crimes (the Nuremberg trials, the Eichmann case), genocide and the way in which states co-operate to fight organized crime, terrorism, hijacking, etc. Topics include: jurisdiction (crimes committed in foreign countries, at sea, in aircraft, extradition, international judicial assistance) and the recognition and enforcement of foreign criminal sentences.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PUB2 425.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PUB2 551
Immigration & Refugee Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: A study of Canadian and Quebec immigration and refugee law, practice and policy, with particular exploration of the historical development-and contemporary paradox-of border regulation; interface with national security, employment policy and trade theory; admissions categories and the construction of illegality; impact of Charter and international human rights law.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PUB2 451
PUB3 515
Can Charter of Rights&Freedoms
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 3: A critical analysis of the Charter and its implications for the legal process in general, and domestic human rights law in particular, organized around the following themes: pre-Charter human rights law and its legacy; general considerations respecting the entrenchment, application and interpretation of the Charter; procedural issues and judicial review under the Charter; advocacy under the Charter.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PUB3 115
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
D. Principles of [Canadian] Administrative Law:
Students must take at least 3 credits from the following list of courses:
BUS1 532
Bankruptcy and Insolvency
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Business Law 1: Federal bankruptcy law, including bankruptcy petitions, an individual's rights to a discharge, the nature of claims provable in bankruptcy, the rejection and assumption of executory contracts, the stay of proceedings and the avoidance powers of trustees and receiverships and workouts as alternatives to bankruptcy proceedings.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken BUS1 432.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
BUS2 504
Securities Regulation
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Business Law 2: An introduction to the structure of Canada's capital markets and a review of major features of securities regulation using the Quebec or Ontario scheme as background. An examination of the general regulatory framework for licensing of securities professionals, disclosure to investors and enforcement powers of regulators.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken BUS2 372.
CMPL 543
Law & Practice of Intl Trade
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: The fundamental aspects of international law governing international trade, and governmental regulation of international trade in Canada and Canada's major trading partners.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CMPL 574
Government Control of Business
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: Selected topics in government control and regulation of business with emphasis on competition law and policy.
Offered by: Law
CMPL 575
Discrimination and the Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: Equality rights and legal protections against discrimination under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms, and human rights legislation.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CMPL 577
Communications Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: Regulation of common communication carriers and mass media in Canada, including legal developments initiated by foreign market competition, and the regulatory authority of the C.R.T.C.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CMPL 580
Environment & the Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: Environmental law, with emphasis on ecological, economic, political, and international dimensions.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
LEEL 369
Labour Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Labour/Employmt/Environmt Law: An introduction to Canadian labour law including collective bargaining, arbitration and industrial relations generally. Emphasis on the Canada Labour Code, the Quebec Labour Code and related statutes.
Offered by: Law
LEEL 570
Employment Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Labour/Employmt/Environmt Law: Survey of the employment contract including hiring practices, dismissals, duties of the employer and the employee including loyalty, non-competition, impact of statutes (Labour Standards Act, Charter of the French Language, etc...) and recourses. The purpose of the course is to deal with non-collective agreement employment contracts, which govern most of the working population.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LEEL 470
LEEL 582
Law & Poverty
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Labour/Employmt/Environmt Law: The differential character of the law concerning rich and poor as reflected in case studies in criminal law, consumer law, housing law, welfare law. The "delivery systems" available for legal services to the poor and alternative organizational models for legal services; the role of law schools, government and the professional bar.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LEEL 482
PRV4 545
Land Use Planning
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Private Law 4: A study of private and public control of land use and development, including: constitutional jurisdiction; provincial, regional and local planning; regulatory and discretionary tools (e.g., zoning by-laws, subdivision control, site-plan control), acquired rights; expropriation, land values and compensation, protection of sensitive areas (e.g. heritage property, agricultural land).
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV4 145
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PRV5 483
Consumer Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Private Law 5: A comparative study of civil and common law and consumer protection law in Quebec and in Canada.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PUB2 400
The Administrative Process
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: The administrative process and the legal structure of administrative agencies. Statutory interpretation, delegated legislation, policy rules, administrative discretion, administrative procedures and problems of institutional design will be considered in the context of some contemporary administrative agencies.
Offered by: Law
PUB2 401
Judicial Rev of Admin Action
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: The control of administrative decision-makers. Problems of delegation, formal jurisdiction, natural justice and errors of fact and law. Judicial review remedies; appeals; reconsideration; tort and contractual liability of administrative agencies; privative clauses; public inquiries; ombudsman schemes.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- Instructors
- Evan Fox-Decent
- Michelle Kellam
PUB2 500
Law and Psychiatry
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: The roles of lawyers and psychiatrists in the handling of the mentally ill within the legal process. Consideration of the civil commitment and criminal commitment processes, insanity and "automatism" defences, the psychiatrist as expert witness, mental illness as a problem in relation to legal capacity. Some sessions will be conducted jointly with members of the psychiatric profession.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Open to a limited number of students in Law, Psychiatry and Psychology. Not open to students who have taken PUB2 419.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PUB2 551
Immigration & Refugee Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: A study of Canadian and Quebec immigration and refugee law, practice and policy, with particular exploration of the historical development-and contemporary paradox-of border regulation; interface with national security, employment policy and trade theory; admissions categories and the construction of illegality; impact of Charter and international human rights law.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PUB2 451
3. Elective Courses and Minimum Writing Requirement
Students must take 47Â other elective courses offered within the Faculty or approved as credit equivalences in order to complete the 105-credit degree requirement. The list of electives varies from year to year, and can be seen on our Current Courses page.
All students are required to submit at least one research paper. This requirement may be satisfied by:
- writing an essay in a course in which the essay constitutes no less than 75% of the final grade;
- writing a term essay under independent supervision, for credit, within the Faculty of Law;
- writing an article, note, or comment of equivalent substance that is published or accepted for publication in the McGill Law Journal and approved by the Faculty Advisor to that publication.
Papers written jointly do not satisfy this requirement.
Enrollment as of 2016
Below is a list of the required and complementary law courses in the BCL/JD program for students enrolled in or after 2016. All first-year courses are offered in both English and French. Upper-year courses can be in either French or English.
1. Required courses
These Law Courses are absolutely required in the program. All students enrolled in the BCL/JD program must successfully complete these courses in order to graduate.
A. Required Courses in First Year
The following 32 credits of courses may be taken only in the first year:
LAWG 100D1
Contractual Obligations
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: Basic concepts of contractual obligation in the Civil and Common Law. Formation and consent; formalities; cause and consideration; relativity of contracts and privity; lesion and unconscionability; performance and breach; frustration and force majeure; contractual remedies.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- Instructors
- Fabien Gélinas, Helge Dedek, Jérémy Boulanger-Bonnelly
LAWG 100D2
Contractual Obligations
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: See LAWG 100D1 for course description.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite: LAWG 100D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 100D1 and LAWG 100D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- Terms
- Instructors
- Fabien Gélinas, Helge Dedek, Jérémy Boulanger-Bonnelly
LAWG 101D1
Ex-Contractual Obligatns/Torts
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: Integrated study of basic concepts of extracontractual obligations in the Civil and Common law. Fault and other bases for liability; protected interests; causation; reasons for exoneration; apportionment of liability; intersection of human rights and civil wrongs.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- Instructors
- Sébastien Jodoin, Richard A Janda, Konstanze von Schütz
LAWG 101D2
Ex-Contractual Obligatns/Torts
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: See LAWG 101D1 for course description.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite: LAWG 101D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 101D1 and LAWG 101D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- Terms
- Instructors
- Sébastien Jodoin, Richard A Janda, Konstanze von Schütz
LAWG 102D1
Criminal Justice
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: Basis, nature and functioning of criminal justice within and across legal orders, with a focus on Canadian criminal justice. Main determinants of crime and rationales for criminalizing certain conduct. Key substantive, procedural, evidentiary and sentencing aspects of the criminal law, and the social impact of criminal justice.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- Instructors
- Noah S Weisbord, Alana Klein, Marie Manikis
LAWG 102D2
Criminal Justice
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: Basis, nature and functioning of criminal justice within and across legal orders, with a focus on Canadian criminal justice. Main determinants of crime and rationales for criminalizing certain conduct. Key substantive, procedural, evidentiary and sentencing aspects of the criminal law, and the social impact of criminal justice.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite: LAWG102D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 102D1 and LAWG 102D2 are successfully completed in consecutive term
- Terms
- Instructors
- Noah S Weisbord, Alana Klein, Marie Manikis
LAWG 110D1
Integration Workshop
1.5 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: An introduction to law and legal studies that complements the other first-year courses using transversal and integrative approaches.
Offered by: Law
LAWG 110D2
Integration Workshop
1.5 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: An introduction to law and legal studies that complements the other first-year courses using transversal and integrative approaches.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite: LAWG110D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both LAWG 110D1 and LAWG 110D2 are successfully completed in consecutive term
PUB2 101D1
Constitutional Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: A comprehensive treatment of the theory, law and practice of the constitution, including legislative, executive and judicial institutions in Canada. The rule of law in executive government and in the lawmaking process. Parliamentary sovereignty, constitutional amendment, and the federal system, including the division of legislative powers. Guarantees of fundamental freedoms with emphasis on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- Instructors
- Alexander Pless, Lindy Rouillard-Labbé, Vrinda Narain, Joshua Nichols
PUB2 101D2
Constitutional Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: See PUB2 101D1 for course description.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite: PUB2 101D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both PUB2 101D1 and PUB2 101D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- Terms
- Instructors
- Johanne Poirier, Vrinda Narain, Joshua Nichols
PUB3 116D1
Course not available
PUB3 116D2
Course not available
B. Required Courses in Second Year
The following 13 credits of courses may be taken only in the second year:
LAWG 210
Legal Ethics & Professionalism
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: The course provides an overview of the ethical principles and rules that are relevant to one’s life as an expert in the law, including ethical requirements for the practice of law in Canada and abroad. The course is taught over the course of weekly meetings during the term, in addition to an intensive period during Focus Week.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite(s): PRAC 147D1/D2 or equivalent (transfer & advance standing students only).
- Restriction(s): Limited to 2nd year Law students only. Not open to students who have completed PRAC 155D1/D2.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Jakub Adamski, Amanda Gibeault, Jeff Kennedy
LAWG 220D1
Property
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: Integrated study of the foundations, principles and mechanisms of property law. Examination of common law, civil law and indigenous traditions in respect of property. Key relationships in respect of things and services as well as limitations on property rights.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- Instructors
- Yaell L Emerich, Pierre-Emmanuel Moyse, Priya Gupta
LAWG 220D2
Property
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: See LAWG 220D1 for description.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- Instructors
- Yaell L Emerich, Pierre-Emmanuel Moyse, Priya Gupta
PROC 124
Judicial Institutions&Civ Proc
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Procedure: Pre-trial civil procedure and applications for appeal in Canada. Launching a civil action and pleadings; jurisdiction and judicial organization; prerogative writs and evocation; motions and interlocutory relief; pre-trial mediation and settlement; discovery and costs. Emphasis on Quebec Code of Civil Procedure, Ontario Courts of Justice Act and Rules of Practice, Supreme Court Rules and Federal Court Rules.
Offered by: Law
- **This course will be held on May 3, 5, 6,10, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 24, 26, 31, June 2, 3, 7 & 9.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Jakub Adamski
- Olga Redko, Jérémy Boulanger-Bonnelly
C. Other Required Courses:
The following 5 credits of courses may be taken in any year after completing the first year:
BUS2 365
Business Associations
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Business Law 2: An introduction to agency or mandate, partnership and co-operatives. The nature of corporate personality; the two systems of incorporation; constitutional problems; the raising and maintenance of a company's capital; the organs of the company; and protection of investors and minority shareholders.
Offered by: Law
- **This course will be held on May 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, & 24.
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the third lecture day and withdrawal is the sixth lecture day.
PRAC 200
Advocacy
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Practicums: Critical analysis of oral advocacy skills, including a range of settings and appellate advocacy.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite(s): Completed PRAC 147D1/D2 Intro Legal Research OR equivalent (transfer & advance standing students only).
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have completed PRAC 155D1/D2. Limited to 2nd year Law students only.
2. Complementary Courses
Complementary courses are those courses that appear on a restricted list from which students must take a minimum number of credits. All students enrolled in the BCL/JD program must successfully complete the minimum number of credits required in each group of complementary courses in order to graduate.
A. Civil Law Immersion Courses
3 credits from the following list of civil law courses:
BUS2 561
Insurance
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Business Law 2: The general principles of the insurance contract under the law of Quebec, with reference to the Ontario Insurance Act and the insurance acts of other common law provinces. This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Civil Law Tradition.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken BUS2 461
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
LAWG 506
Advanced Civil Law Property
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: This course aims develop civil law reasoning and methodology through the study of certain concepts and constructs in civil law property.This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Civil Law Tradition
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PROC 200
Advanced Civil Law Obligations
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Procedure: General theory of obligations in the Civil Law tradition, the interaction of contractual and extra-contractual obligations; introduction to unjust enrichment; relationship of general law to special regimes of compensation such as no-fault regimes; certain aspects of the modalities, transfer, alteration and extinction of obligations. This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Civil Law Tradition.
Offered by: Law
PROC 549
Lease, Enterprise, Suretyship
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Procedure: The contracts of lease, including some aspects of residential leases, enterprise and suretyship in the law of Quebec.This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Civil Law Tradition.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PROC 349
PRV2 270
Law of Persons
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Private Law 2: The existence and attributes of physical and legal persons in the Civil Law of Quebec. Modes of recognition of legal persons. Enjoyment and exercise of civil and personality rights; domicile; acts of civil status; capacity and regimes of supervised protection. Some introduction to rights under the Quebec and Canadian Charter.This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Civil Law Tradition.
Offered by: Law
PRV4 548
Admin Prop of Another & Trusts
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Private Law 4: The basic law on the administration of the property of another by those performing acts of custody, simple administration or full administration. Includes those holding property under tutorship, curatorship, testamentary executorship, deposit, mandate, substitution and trust.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV4 448
B. Common Law Immersion Courses
3 credits from the following list of common law courses:
PRV3 200
Adv Common Law Obligations
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Private Law 3: Relationship between tort, contract, and restitution in theory and practice (including consideration of negligent misrepresentation, economic loss, exclusion clauses, and means of overcoming problems of privity); relationship between Common law and no-fault regimes; special problems in civil liability, such as non-feasance and the liability of public authorities. The study of unjust enrichment as a basis for remedies at common law, in equity and under statute and of its role as an integral part of the common law alongside contract and tort. This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Common Law Tradition.
Offered by: Law
PRV3 534
Remedies
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Private Law 3: A study of selected private law remedies available at common law, in equity and under statute. This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Common Law Tradition
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV3 434
PRV4 451
Course not available
PRV4 500
Restitution
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Private Law 4: The law relating to the restitution of benefits wrongfully or unfairly acquired: a study of unjust enrichment as a doctrinal basis for various remedies at common law, in equity and under statute and the role of unjust enrichment as an integral part of the common law alongside contract and tort.This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Common Law Tradition.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV4 435.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PRV4 549
Equity and Trusts
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Private Law 4: A consideration of the law of gratuitous transfers, concentrating on the express trust: the nature of the trust, the creation and conditions of validity of the trust, effect of failure, obligations and interests arising under the trust, variation, renovation, and termination of the trust. Related topics such as gifts, wills, intestate succession, powers of appointment and the rule against perpetuities may also be discussed.
Offered by: Law
C. Complementary Social Diversity, Human Rights and Indigenous Law Courses
Students must take at least 3 credits from the following list of courses:
CMPL 500
Indigenous Peoples & the State
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: Current legal topics relating to Indigenous peoples, including the concept of Indigenous title, and constitutional aspects of contemporary land claims. Aspects of Canadian law relating to Indigenous peoples, their constitutional status, and hunting and fishing rights.
Offered by: Law
CMPL 504
Feminist Legal Theory
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: Feminist theory and its relevance and application to law, including feminist methodologies in law, the public versus private dichotomy, and changing conceptions of equality.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CMPL 511
Social Diversity and Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: The interaction of law and cultural diversity. Through the use of a number of case studies, we will examine: 1. The empirical effect of cultural diversity on legal systems. 2. Institutional structures to accommodate diversity. 3. Theoretical perspectives.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CMPL 516
International Development Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: The law and economics of development, including the role of agencies of the United Nations in development, the role of UNCTAD in formulating uniform rules of international trade, and the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund and their role in financing development.
Offered by: Law
CMPL 565
Intl. Humanitarian Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: Rules governing international and internal armed conflicts; historical and philosophical foundations; constraints on means to wage war; treatment of protected individuals, including prisoners of war, civilians and peacekeepers; enforcement, including belligerent reprisals and criminal prosecution; links with norms protecting human rights, the environment and cultural property; impact of cultural diversity.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite: PUB2 105
- Restriction: Not open to first year students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CMPL 571
Intl Law of Human Rights
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: International protection of human rights, particularly by the United Nations, its specialized agencies, and the Council of Europe.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CMPL 573
Civil Liberties
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: The protection of civil liberties in Canada with particular reference to public and private law remedies and emphasis on discrimination, race relations, language rights outside the Charter, and police powers.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CMPL 575
Discrimination and the Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: Equality rights and legal protections against discrimination under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms, and human rights legislation.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
IDFC 500
Indigenous Field Studies
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Interdisciplinary Field Course: Intensive field course that focuses on First Nations, Métis and Inuit cultures and worldviews, with particular emphasis on linkages to practice areas and integration across disciplinary silos. Attention is given to the effects of Canadian legal, health and social welfare policies on contemporary First Nations, Métis and Inuit societies.
Offered by: Social Work
- Restrictions: The course is only open to students in Social Work, Anthropology, Law and Medicine or by permission of the instructor. Not open to students who have taken IDFC 380.
- This intensive course includes 1 week where students live in the field. The field portion of the course may involve rugged field conditions and varying weather for which students must be prepared and equipped.
- A fee of $434.21 is charged to all students registered in IDFC 500 delivered in Montreal. The fee covers food, activities, land use, and other site expenses.
- **This course will be held on April 29, 30, May 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24 & 27th.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
LAWG 503
Inter-American Human Rights
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: History and development of the Inter-American System, with a focus on the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights and Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Examination of their constitutive statutes. Survey of the mechanisms for redress provided by the Commission and the Court.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Restricted to Law student. Non-Law students require permission from instructor & SAO
- Language of instruction may not be English - depends on the instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
LAWG 505
Critical Engagements with HR
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: 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.
Offered by: Law
- Prerequisite(s): LAWG 517 or permission from instructor.
LAWG 507
Critical Race Theory
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Law General: 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.
Offered by: Law
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken LAWG 517 or LAWG 521 when topic was "Critical Race Theory"
LEEL 369
Labour Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Labour/Employmt/Environmt Law: An introduction to Canadian labour law including collective bargaining, arbitration and industrial relations generally. Emphasis on the Canada Labour Code, the Quebec Labour Code and related statutes.
Offered by: Law
LEEL 582
Law & Poverty
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Labour/Employmt/Environmt Law: The differential character of the law concerning rich and poor as reflected in case studies in criminal law, consumer law, housing law, welfare law. The "delivery systems" available for legal services to the poor and alternative organizational models for legal services; the role of law schools, government and the professional bar.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LEEL 482
PUB2 105
Public International Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: The traditional fields of International Law including nature and sources; recognition, territory and acquisition of territory; jurisdiction on the high seas; nationality; diplomatic and consular privileges and immunities; responsibility of states; interpretation of treaties; legal control of force and aspects of the U.N. Charter, special Canadian problems of international law.
Offered by: Law
PUB2 500
Law and Psychiatry
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: The roles of lawyers and psychiatrists in the handling of the mentally ill within the legal process. Consideration of the civil commitment and criminal commitment processes, insanity and "automatism" defences, the psychiatrist as expert witness, mental illness as a problem in relation to legal capacity. Some sessions will be conducted jointly with members of the psychiatric profession.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Open to a limited number of students in Law, Psychiatry and Psychology. Not open to students who have taken PUB2 419.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PUB2 502
International Criminal Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: Crimes against the law of nations, war crimes (the Nuremberg trials, the Eichmann case), genocide and the way in which states co-operate to fight organized crime, terrorism, hijacking, etc. Topics include: jurisdiction (crimes committed in foreign countries, at sea, in aircraft, extradition, international judicial assistance) and the recognition and enforcement of foreign criminal sentences.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PUB2 425.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PUB2 551
Immigration & Refugee Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: A study of Canadian and Quebec immigration and refugee law, practice and policy, with particular exploration of the historical development-and contemporary paradox-of border regulation; interface with national security, employment policy and trade theory; admissions categories and the construction of illegality; impact of Charter and international human rights law.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PUB2 451
PUB3 515
Can Charter of Rights&Freedoms
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 3: A critical analysis of the Charter and its implications for the legal process in general, and domestic human rights law in particular, organized around the following themes: pre-Charter human rights law and its legacy; general considerations respecting the entrenchment, application and interpretation of the Charter; procedural issues and judicial review under the Charter; advocacy under the Charter.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PUB3 115
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
D. Principles of [Canadian] Administrative Law
Students must take at least 3 credits from the following list of courses:
BUS1 532
Bankruptcy and Insolvency
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Business Law 1: Federal bankruptcy law, including bankruptcy petitions, an individual's rights to a discharge, the nature of claims provable in bankruptcy, the rejection and assumption of executory contracts, the stay of proceedings and the avoidance powers of trustees and receiverships and workouts as alternatives to bankruptcy proceedings.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken BUS1 432.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
BUS2 504
Securities Regulation
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Business Law 2: An introduction to the structure of Canada's capital markets and a review of major features of securities regulation using the Quebec or Ontario scheme as background. An examination of the general regulatory framework for licensing of securities professionals, disclosure to investors and enforcement powers of regulators.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken BUS2 372.
CMPL 543
Law & Practice of Intl Trade
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: The fundamental aspects of international law governing international trade, and governmental regulation of international trade in Canada and Canada's major trading partners.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CMPL 574
Government Control of Business
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: Selected topics in government control and regulation of business with emphasis on competition law and policy.
Offered by: Law
CMPL 575
Discrimination and the Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: Equality rights and legal protections against discrimination under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms, and human rights legislation.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CMPL 577
Communications Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: Regulation of common communication carriers and mass media in Canada, including legal developments initiated by foreign market competition, and the regulatory authority of the C.R.T.C.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CMPL 580
Environment & the Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Comparative Law: Environmental law, with emphasis on ecological, economic, political, and international dimensions.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
LEEL 369
Labour Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Labour/Employmt/Environmt Law: An introduction to Canadian labour law including collective bargaining, arbitration and industrial relations generally. Emphasis on the Canada Labour Code, the Quebec Labour Code and related statutes.
Offered by: Law
LEEL 570
Employment Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Labour/Employmt/Environmt Law: Survey of the employment contract including hiring practices, dismissals, duties of the employer and the employee including loyalty, non-competition, impact of statutes (Labour Standards Act, Charter of the French Language, etc...) and recourses. The purpose of the course is to deal with non-collective agreement employment contracts, which govern most of the working population.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LEEL 470
LEEL 582
Law & Poverty
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Labour/Employmt/Environmt Law: The differential character of the law concerning rich and poor as reflected in case studies in criminal law, consumer law, housing law, welfare law. The "delivery systems" available for legal services to the poor and alternative organizational models for legal services; the role of law schools, government and the professional bar.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LEEL 482
PRV4 545
Land Use Planning
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Private Law 4: A study of private and public control of land use and development, including: constitutional jurisdiction; provincial, regional and local planning; regulatory and discretionary tools (e.g., zoning by-laws, subdivision control, site-plan control), acquired rights; expropriation, land values and compensation, protection of sensitive areas (e.g. heritage property, agricultural land).
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PRV4 145
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PRV5 483
Consumer Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Private Law 5: A comparative study of civil and common law and consumer protection law in Quebec and in Canada.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PUB2 400
The Administrative Process
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: The administrative process and the legal structure of administrative agencies. Statutory interpretation, delegated legislation, policy rules, administrative discretion, administrative procedures and problems of institutional design will be considered in the context of some contemporary administrative agencies.
Offered by: Law
PUB2 401
Judicial Rev of Admin Action
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: The control of administrative decision-makers. Problems of delegation, formal jurisdiction, natural justice and errors of fact and law. Judicial review remedies; appeals; reconsideration; tort and contractual liability of administrative agencies; privative clauses; public inquiries; ombudsman schemes.
Offered by: Law
- Terms
- Instructors
- Evan Fox-Decent
- Michelle Kellam
PUB2 500
Law and Psychiatry
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: The roles of lawyers and psychiatrists in the handling of the mentally ill within the legal process. Consideration of the civil commitment and criminal commitment processes, insanity and "automatism" defences, the psychiatrist as expert witness, mental illness as a problem in relation to legal capacity. Some sessions will be conducted jointly with members of the psychiatric profession.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Open to a limited number of students in Law, Psychiatry and Psychology. Not open to students who have taken PUB2 419.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PUB2 551
Immigration & Refugee Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Public Law 2: A study of Canadian and Quebec immigration and refugee law, practice and policy, with particular exploration of the historical development-and contemporary paradox-of border regulation; interface with national security, employment policy and trade theory; admissions categories and the construction of illegality; impact of Charter and international human rights law.
Offered by: Law
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PUB2 451
3. Elective Courses and Minimum Writing Requirement
Students must take 43Â other elective courses offered within the Faculty or approved as credit equivalences in order to complete the 105-credit degree requirement. The list of electives varies from year to year, and can be seen on our Current Courses page.
All students are required to submit at least one research paper. This requirement may be satisfied by:
- writing an essay in a course in which the essay constitutes no less than 75% of the final grade;
- writing a term essay under independent supervision, for credit, within the Faculty of Law;
-
Writing an article, note or comment of equivalent substance that is published or accepted for publication in one of the following journals: McGill Law Journal, McGill Journal of Sustainable Development Law & Policy, or McGill Journal of Law and Health, and approved by the Faculty Advisor of the Journal.
Papers written jointly do not satisfy this requirement.
For complete course descriptions, registration guide, timetables and other information, see the Courses section.
