Legal Studies Courses
LGST 1110 Legal Research and Reasoning (3 credits)
This course is designed to give students an understanding of the purposes and processes of legal research and reasoning. Students will be introduced to legal research skills and techniques in traditional and electronic methodologies and to practical applications of those skills. The course will discuss the elements of legal analysis and reasoning in common law systems. Through a case review approach, students will explore various areas of substantive law to develop an understanding of legal reasoning and the concepts of critical and ethical thinking.
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Prerequisite: None
Lecture: 4
Offered: Fall or Winter
LGST 1120 Legal Process and Remedies (3 credits)
This course overviews the basic legal processes in Canada and the remedies available to litigants. It examines the structure of civil actions, criminal prosecutions and administrative law proceedings. It reviews judicial and statutory remedies available under both the common law and the law of equity and explores the growth of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. Key concepts, including jurisdiction, standing, pleadings, juries, appeals, procedural fairness, judicial review and the adversarial system, are examined.
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Prerequisite: None
Lecture: 4
Offered: Fall or Winter
LGST 2210 Private Law Relationships (3 credits)
This course examines the role of law in regulating four types of legal relationships: relationships established by agreement (contract law); relationships based upon widely recognized legal duties owed to others (tort law); relationships based upon respective interests in property (property law); and relationships based upon fiduciary obligations (the law of trusts). Throughout the course consideration will be given to the role of government in regulating private law relationships, with particular attention paid to family law and consumer protection law.
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Prerequisite: CRIM 1160
Lecture: 4
Offered: Fall or Winter
LGST 2220 Public Law (3 credits)
This course examines important legal limitations that are imposed on those who exercise governmental power. Particular attention will be paid to the requirement that administrative decision making be procedurally fair, and that any exercise of administrative authority must be within the boundaries of the law. The course will also examine the mechanisms and remedies that are available where citizens believe these requirements have not been met, with particular attention paid to the power of judicial review. To further illustrate administrative law principles in practice, the course will examine specific areas of law where administrative law principles play a central role, including immigration law, human rights law, labour and employment law, and social welfare law.
To find out where this course transfers, check the BC Transfer Guide
Prerequisite: CRIM 1160
Lecture: 4
Offered: Fall or Winter