Faculty of Law / The University of Manitoba SYLLABUS CANADIAN LEGAL HISTORY History 3780/Law 3410 WINTER 2012 DeLloyd J. Guth, Ph.D. Professor of Law and Legal History Office: 305I, Robson Hall: Thursdays 11:30 a.m. ‐ 3:00 and by appointment (474‐ 6149 or 488‐7477 or email =
[email protected]) Class Meets: Thursdays 4:00‐7:00 p.m., Room 204, Robson Hall (or occasionally at Guth's home). MISSION: TO EXPAND YOUR SELF‐SUFFICIENT PRIMARY EVIDENCE RESEARCH‐WRITING SKILLS AND YOUR SELF‐CONFIDENCE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF FUTURE CLIENTS AND PRESENT READERS! THIS COURSE WILL BETTER INFORM YOU ON SELECT SUBSTANTIVE AND PROCEDURAL AREAS OF LAW, THEIR ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT: ABORIGINAL, ENGLISH, FRENCH, CANADIAN, MANITOBAN. PURPOSE: Canada's history has been best documented in matters legal and judicial, if only because law creates systems with procedures that construct authoritative records for human activities. This course offers both substantive and methodological contents in a chronological manner, working with primary evidence in Winnipeg's abundant legal‐judicial archives and libraries, wherever possible. REQUIREMENTS AND EVALUATION: This is an interdisciplinary course centered in the professional, postgraduate curriculum of the Faculty of Law, cross‐listed for credit in the Department of History. There are no course pre‐requisites. (a) Each LAW STUDENT will be graded on individual performance for TWO RESEARCH ESSAYS (25% of total course grade = 1st essay, 60% = 2nd essay), plus TWO ORAL REPORTS on assigned articles and general class participation (10%) and the “Old Bailey” criminal law case search (5%); a confidentially communicated evaluation or progress report will be available whenever the student requests it.