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McGill University – Faculty of Law Page 1 Course Offerings 2012-2013 (Revised January 4, 2013) COURSE OFFERINGS 2012-2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS COURSE OFFERINGS 2012-2013 Section I: First Year Undergraduate Mandatory Courses 2 Section II: Upper Year Undergraduate Mandatory Courses 10 Section III: Complementary Courses 24 Section IV: Graduate Courses 62 Section V: Writing Courses 68 Section VI: Teaching Assistants 73 Section VII: Student Seminars 75 Section VIII: Legal Clinic 76 Section IX: Law Journals 78 Section X: Moot Competitions 81 Section XI: Court and Administrative Tribunal Clerkships 82 Section XII: Human Rights Internship 84 Section XIII: Honours Courses 85 Section XIV: Major Internships 86 McGill University – Faculty of Law Page 2 Course Offerings 2012-2013 (Revised January 4, 2013) SECTION I: FIRST YEAR UNDERGRADUATE MANDATORY COURSES CIVIL LAW PROPERTY CONSTITUTIONAL LAW CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS EXTRA-CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS FOUNDATIONS OF CANADIAN LAW INTRODUCTORY LEGAL RESEARCH McGill University – Faculty of Law Page 3 Course Offerings 2012-2013 (Revised January 4, 2013) CIVIL LAW PROPERTY DROIT DES BIENS PRV1 144 D1, PRV1 144 D2 5 CREDITS FALL & WINTER TERMS Instructor: Professor Véronique Bélanger (Fall) (001) Professor Robert Godin (Winter) (001) Language of Instruction: English Description: General theoretical context of Civil law Property. The concepts of patrimony, real rights, domain, the right of ownership and its limitations, including the relationship between neighbours (“voisinage”), special modes and dismemberments, possession and acquisitive prescription, publication of rights. Some introduction to property as the object of certain patrimonies by appropriation (trusts). Sequence: First year Method of Evaluation: December examination & Final examination. In-term assignments TBC Instructor: Professor Pierre Emmanuel Moyse (002) Language of Instruction: English Description: General theoretical and historical context of Civil law Property. The first part of the course covers fundamentals of Quebec Civil law. The following principal themes and codal classifications are examined: property and things, ownership and possession, dismemberments, modes of ownerships. In the second part, we question the foundations of the law of property as exemplified in the Code and address paradigm shifts observed in newer property- related fields such as trusts, intellectual property and Indian titles. Sequence: First year Method of Evaluation: December examination: 25%. Final examination: 75% McGill University – Faculty of Law Page 4 Course Offerings 2012-2013 (Revised January 4, 2013) Instructor: Professor Yaëll Emerich (003) Language of Instruction: Français Description: Ce cours vise à étudier les relations entre la personne et les biens. On s’attardera sur les notions de patrimoine, de chose et de bien, sur le domaine. Les classifications fondamentales du droit civil des biens seront envisagées, notamment la distinction des droits réels, des droits personnels et des droits intellectuels. Les concepts de base du droit des biens seront examinés, tels que la possession et la propriété, incluant ses limites, notamment dans le contexte du voisinage. On étudiera les modalités de la propriété, les démembrements de la propriété, ainsi que la publicité des droits. Une introduction à la fiducie sera faite, en insistant sur sa compréhension dans un contexte civiliste. Une attention particulière sera portée a la place de l’incorporel dans un droit traditionnellement marque par la corporalité. Sequence: First year Method of Evaluation: Examen de décembre: 25%; Examen final: 75% CONSTITUTIONAL LAW DROIT CONSTITUTIONNEL PUB2 101 D1 PUB2 101 D 6 CREDITS FALL & WINTER TERMS Instructor: Professor Hoi Kong (001) Language of Instruction: English Description: In this course, we will examine several broad issues in Canadian constitutional law: the division of powers, the separation of powers, individual rights and group rights. At the end of the course, students should be able to do the following: (i) state the doctrinal rules that we cover in this course and apply them with rigor and creativity to novel fact situations; (ii) articulate the purposes underlying the various constitutional provisions that we will study, prioritize or reconcile these diverse purposes, and critically examine how courts have interpreted these provisions and their purposes; (iii) describe a variety of judicial interpretive techniques, illustrate how these techniques are deployed in particular cases, and weigh the institutional implications of a court’s choosing to adopt one or several of these techniques over others; (iv) demonstrate an understanding of, and stake out a position on, some theoretical debates in Canadian constitutional law. Sequence First year Method of Evaluation: Mandatory final and mid-term examination and mandatory in-term assignments. McGill University – Faculty of Law Page 5 Course Offerings 2012-2013 (Revised January 4, 2013) Instructor: Professor Vrinda Narain (002) Language of Instruction: English Description: An introduction to the basic framework of the Canadian Constitutional system. We will study key aspects of constitutionalism including: sources of Canadian constitutional law, federalism, division of powers, the role of the judiciary, Aboriginal peoples and the constitution, and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Sequence First year Method of Evaluation: Mid-term (25%), final exam (75%) Instructor: Professor Fabien Gélinas (003) Language of Instruction: Français Description: Un traitement de l’histoire, de la théorie, de la pratique et du droit constitutionnels envisagés dans une perspective transnationale. Les pouvoirs législatif, exécutif et judiciaire sont abordés à la lumière des grands principes tels le constitutionnalisme, l’État de droit, la démocratie, la protection des libertés fondamentales et des minorités, et le fédéralisme. Sequence First year Method of Evaluation: Examen écrit; exercises; take-home CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS OBLIGATIONS CONTRACTUELLES LAWG 100 D1, LAWG 100 D2 6 CREDITS FALL & WINTER TERMS Instructor: Professor Helge Dedek (001) Language of Instruction: English Description: Basic concepts of contractual obligations in the Civil and Common Law. Defining agreement; examining the kinds of agreements that are enforced; the content of contractual obligations; reasons for setting aside agreements; contractual remedies and rights of third parties. Sequence First year Method of Evaluation: Midterm exam in December, final exam in April (25%, 75%) Optional Assignment (25%) Instructor: Professor Rosalie Jukier (002) Language of Instruction: English Description: Basic concepts of contractual obligations in the Civil and Common Law. Defining agreement; examining the kinds of agreements that are enforced; the content of McGill University – Faculty of Law Page 6 Course Offerings 2012-2013 (Revised January 4, 2013) contractual obligations; reasons for setting aside agreements; contractual remedies and rights of third parties. Sequence First year Method of Evaluation: Midterm exam in December, optional assignment, final exam in April (25%, 75%) Instructor: Professor Vincent Forray (003) Language of Instruction: French Description: Introduction to the transsystemic and critical analysis of contract law. Basic concepts of contractual obligations in the Civil and Common Law. Defining agreement; examining the kinds of agreements that are enforced; the content of contractual obligations; reasons for setting aside agreements; contractual remedies and rights of third parties. Sequence First year Method of Evaluation: Term essay, oral presentation & commitment in the classroom, group activity, final examination. EXTRA-CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS OBLIGATIONS EXTRA- CONTRACTUELLES /TORTS LAWG 101 D1, LAWG 101 D2 5 CREDITS FALL & WINTER TERMS Instructor: Professor Geneviève Saumier (001) Language of Instruction: English Description: Basic concepts of extra-contractual obligations in the Civil Law and Common Law. Fault; causation; reasons for exoneration; apportionment of liability; forms of injury for which recovery can be obtained; limitations on damages; factual and legal presumptions; responsibility for the acts of others and for damage caused by property. Sequence First year Method of Evaluation: Mid-term exam; final examination; in-term assignment McGill University – Faculty of Law Page 7 Course Offerings 2012-2013 (Revised January 4, 2013) Instructor: Professor Shauna Van Praagh (002) Language of Instruction: English Description: Basic concepts of extra-contractual obligations in the Civil Law and Common Law. Fault; causation; reasons for exoneration; apportionment of liability; forms of injury for which recovery can be obtained; limitations on damages; factual and legal presumptions; responsibility for the acts of others and for damage caused by property. Sequence First year Method of Evaluation: Mid-term examination in December; final examination; in-term assignment. Instructor: Professor Lara Khoury (003) Language of Instruction: Français Description: Ce cours vise à enseigner les principes de base de la responsabilité civile dans les deux grands systèmes de droit occidentaux que sont le droit civil et la Common law, leur mutation dans la foulée de la révolution industrielle et leur forme contemporaine dans le contentieux en Amérique du Nord. Seront principalement étudiés les concepts suivants : obligation de diligence, faute, causalité, préjudice et son évaluation, moyens de défenses, présomptions légales et de fait,