FACULTY OF LAW 2001-2002 Table of Contents 1.Calendar of Dates – Faculty of Law 2001-2002, page3 9.Faculty Governance and Academic Regulations, page22 2.The Faculty, page4 9.1Faculty Council 2.1Location 9.2Outline of Academic Regulations 2.2Faculty Administrative Officers 9.3Marking System and Degree Classifications 2.3Faculty Administrative Staff 9.4Policy Concerning Access to Records 2.4Directors of Institutes 9.5Plagiarism and Cheating 2.5Directors of Research Centres 9.6Proper Use of Computing Facilities 2.6Teaching Faculty 9.7Course Nomenclature 2.7Law Library Staff 9.8Withdrawal from the University 3.The Faculty of Law at McGill, page5 9.9Changes in Regulations 3.1History of the Faculty of Law to 1968 10.Graduate Programmes of Study, page24 3.2The National Programme since 1968 and the Faculty’s 10.1Programs Offered New Curriculum 10.2Admission Requirements 3.3Legal Education at McGill Today 10.3Application Procedures 4.Admission to Undergraduate Programmes, page7 10.4Program Requirements 4.1Admissions Policy and Process 10.5Course Descriptions 4.2Programmes 11.Research Centres, page29 4.3Eligibility 11.1Research Centre in Air and Space Law 4.4Categories of Applicants 11.2Research Centre of Private and Comparative Law 4.5Admissions Procedure 11.3Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law 4.6Permanent Code (code permanent) 11.4Centre for the Study of Regulated Industries 4.7Application Deadlines 12.Admission to the Legal Professions, page30 5.Undergraduate Programme of Study, page10 12.1Quebec 5.1The McGill Programme 12.2Ontario 5.2M.B.A./Law Programme 12.3British Columbia 5.3Law/M.S.W. Programme 12.4Prince Edward Island 5.4Law/Minor Programme 12.5Other Provinces 5.5Course Sequences by Year 12.6The United States 6.Undergraduate Courses of Instruction, page11 13.Placement of Graduates and Alumni Relations, page31 6.1Regular Courses 13.1Documentation Centre 6.2Courses Offered Only in Some Years: 13.2On-Campus Recruitment 6.3Faculty Supervised Equivalences 13.3Careers Days 6.4Credit Equivalences Granted for Activity Outside the 13.4Training Programs and Publications Faculty 13.5Reciprocity Agreement 6.5Course Concentrations 13.6Alumni/ae Network 7.Library, Endowment Funds and Special Projects, page17 14.Scholarships, Prizes, Bursaries and Loan Funds, page32 7.1Nahum Gelber Law Library 14.1Faculty Entrance Scholarships, Awards and Bursaries 7.2Wainwright Trust 14.2Undergraduate Medals 7.3Boulton Trust 14.3Undergraduate Scholarships and Bursaries 7.4International Human Rights Law Trust 14.4Undergraduate Prizes and Awards 7.5Other Faculty Endowments and Annual Funds 14.5Undergraduate Loan Funds 7.6Meredith Memorial Lectures 14.6Dean's Honour List 7.7Visiting Judges Programme 14.7Graduate Scholarships and Prizes 7.8Endowed Lectures 14.8Scholarships and Major Prizes for Graduating Students 7.9International Human Rights Law Programme 14.9Scholarships, Bursaries, Prizes and Loan Funds in all 7.10McGill Law Journal/Revue de droit de McGill Faculties 7.11Moot Court Programme 14.10Law Society Scholarships 7.12Legal Methodology Teaching Group 14.11Awarding of Prizes, Bursaries, Scholarships and Medals 7.13Legal Theory Programme 15.Registration and Commencement of Classes, page39 7.14Visiting Scholars Programme 15.1Commencement of Classes 7.15Legal Theory Workshops and McGill Lecture in 15.2Registration Jurisprudence and Public Policy 15.3Legal Name 7.16Annie Macdonald Langstaff Workshops 15.4MARS, SATURN, infoMcGill 7.17International Business Law Programme 16.Fees, page39 8.Student Activities and Services, page20 16.1Fee Information Booklet 8.1Law Students Association/ 16.2Tuition Fees Association des étudiants en droit 16.3Proof of Citizenship and Quebec Residency 8.2Law Student Services 16.4Yearly Fees and Charges 8.3Office of the Dean of Students 16.5Other Fees 8.4Student Services 16.6Fee Payment 8.5Additional Information for Students 16.7Access to Fee Information 16.8Deferred Fee Payment 17.University Administrative Officers, page42 McGill University, Faculty of Law 2001-2002 1 McGill Home Page FACULTY OF LAW The University reserves the right to make changes without prior notice to the information contained in this publication, including the alteration of various fees, schedules, conditions of admission and credit requirements, and the revision or cancellation of particular courses or programs. Legal Deposit I 2001 Published May 2001 Cover – Sculpture in background by Louvin (Louise Vineberg) “Untitled”, clay painted to resemble bronze, James Building. Photograph: Owen Egan Cover design: Max Stiebel Design and production: Admissions, Recruitment and Registrar’s Office McGill University 845 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T5 2 2001-2002 Faculty of Law, McGill University McGill Home Page CALENDAR OF DATES Sept. 23, Sun. Deadline for withdrawals from A and D term 1 Calendar of Dates – Faculty of Law courses with full refund. If complete with- drawal: returning students less $100 2001-2002 minimum charge, new students less registra- 2001 tion deposit. April 11, Wed. to Examination period. Sept. 27, Thurs. Yom Kippur. April 30, Mon. Oct. 8, Mon. Thanksgiving Day. Classes cancelled. Admin- May 8, Tues. to U4 returning students, registration period via istrative offices and Libraries closed. July 18, Wed. MARS. Oct. 9, Tues., to Verification Period. May 10, Thurs. to U2 and U3 returning students, registration Oct. 12, Fri. July 18, Wed. period via MARS. Nov. 5, Mon. to Course Change (Drop/Add) via MARS for May 21, Mon. Victoria Day. No classes. Jan. 20, Sun. B courses. After Jan. 20 students receive a Administrative Offices and Libraries closed. mark of W (withdrawn). June 1, Fri. Application deadline for deferred and supple- Nov. 13, Tues. Fall Convocation, 14:30. Classes as usual. mental examinations. Dec. 5, Wed. Last day of lectures. June 1, Fri. Law Convocation. Dec. 7, Fri. to Examinations. June 24, Sun. La Fête Nationale du Québec. Libraries Dec. 21, Fri. closed. Dec. 25, Tues. to Christmas/New Year. Administrative offices June 25, Mon. Classes cancelled (for La Fête Nationale du Jan. 1, Tues. closed. Library hours available at Reference Québec). Desks. 2002 On Mondays June 25 and July 2, and all Fridays starting June 22 until August 17 (inclusive) administrative offices will Jan. 7, Mon. Lectures begin. be closed. Jan. 8, Tues. to Late registration for new students, with $100 July 1, Sun. Canada Day. Libraries closed. Jan. 20, Sun. late fee. July 2, Mon. Classes cancelled (for Canada Day). Jan. 15, Tues. Deadline for application for admission, non- CEGEP applications. July 18, Wed. Last day for returning students to register without a late fee. Jan. 27, Sun. Deadline for withdrawals with fee refund. Aug. 7, Tues. to Returning students, late registration via Feb. 4, Mon. to Verification Period. Sept. 5, Wed. MARS, with $50 late fee. Feb. 8, Fri. U1, Special, and Visiting students registration Feb. 25, Mon. to Study Break. Classes cancelled. period via MARS. March 1, Fri. Aug. 13, Mon. to Deferred and Supplemental Examinations. March 1, Fri. Deadline for application for admission for Aug. 23, Thurs. students applying from CEGEP. Fee Payment: March 19, Tues. to Registration period via MARS for returning All students will receive a fee statement once their registration has July 17, Wed. students, for the 2002-03 session, all been confirmed, due at the end of the month in which the state- faculties. Registration dates for Law will be ment is mailed. For most returning students this will take place in set within this period. (tentative) the month of August (December for the winter semester). For most March 29, Fri. and Easter. No classes or examinations. Adminis- new students this will take place in the month of September April 1, Mon. trative Offices closed. Library hours available (January for the Winter semester). Interest will be charged after at Reference Desks. the due date. April 15, Mon. Last day of lectures. Aug. 23, Thurs. to Orientation Centre opens daily at 10:00, April 16, Tues. to Examination period for B and D courses. Sept. 7, Fri. Brown Student Services Building, 3600 April 30, Tues. McTavish Street (closed weekends and Labour Day). May 20, Mon. Victoria Day. Classes cancelled. Administra- tive offices and Libraries closed. Aug. 28, Tues. to University orientation for all new under- Sept. 4, Tues. graduate students, location and times TBA. June 3, Mon. Application deadline for deferred and supple- mental examinations. Sept. 3, Mon. Labour Day. Administrative offices and Libraries closed. TBA Law Convocation. Sept. 4, Tues. Faculty Orientation and in-person registration for first year students. New students - deadline for cancellation of registration. (Registration deposit is forfeited.) Returning students - deadline for cancellation of registration, without penalty, for fall term. Sept. 5, Wed. Lectures begin. Sept. 6, Thurs. to Late Registration via MARS, with a $100 late Sept. 16, Sun. fee. Course Change (Drop/Add) via MARS for all A and D courses. After Sept.17 students receive a mark of W (withdrawn). Sept. 18, Tues. Rosh Hashanah. McGill University, Faculty of Law 2001-2002 3 McGill Home Page FACULTY OF LAW 2.6 Teaching Faculty 2 The Faculty G. Blaine Baker; B.A., LL.B.(W. Ont.), LL.M.(Col.) Jean-Guy Belley: LL.L., LL.M.(Laval), Doctorat en sociologie 2.1 Location juridique(Paris 2) (Sir William C. Macdonald Professor of Law) Chancellor Day Hall Adelle Blackett; B.A.(Queen’s), LL.B., B.C.L.(McG.), LL.M.(Col.) 3644 Peel Street Madeleine Cantin Cumyn; B.A., LL.L.(Laval) Montreal, Quebec H3A 1W9 Irwin Cotler; O.C., B.A., B.C.L.(McG.), LL.M.(Yale), Ph.D.(Hebrew Canada University), LL.D.(Bar-Ilan, York, Simon Fraser, Haifa) (on leave) Telephone: (514) 398-6666 Paul-André Crépeau; C.C., O.Q., Q.C., B.A., L.Ph.(Ott.), Website: http://www.law.mcgill.ca LL.L.(Montr.), B.C.L.(Oxon), Docteur de l'Université de Faculty of Law Undergraduate Admissions Paris(Droit), LL.D.(h.c.)(Ott., York, Dalhousie, Strasbourg, 3674 Peel Street Montréal), F.R.S.C.; Emeritus Professor Montreal, Quebec H3A 1W9 Armand de Mestral; A.B.(Harv.), B.C.L.(McG.), LL.M.(Harv.), Telephone: (514) 398-6602 Doctorat Hon.