Law

I. Minor in Law and Society

Contact Person: Dr. Margaret Denike
Location: Department of Political Science
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
P.O. Box 15000
Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
Telephone: 494-6298
Email: m.denike@dal.ca

Please refer to the Dentistry, Law, Medicine, Graduate Studies Calendar for detailed information on Law programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

I. Minor in Law and Society

The Minor in Law and Society is a four credit (24 credit hour) Minor taken in conjunction with a 20-credit BA, 20-credit BSc, or BMGT program. The minor provides choices among a broad set of courses from different disciplines that touch on legal studies, and that address historical, philosophical, and political applications of law and legal inquiry.

A. Required Classes


•	LAWS 2500.06: Introduction of Law passed with a minimum of B-

LAWS 2500X/Y.06: Introduction to Law.
This class, offered by the Law School exclusively to undergraduates, is designed to introduce students to the workings of the Canadian legal system, and to the basics of several fundamental areas of law. The focus of the class will be the decisions which have been made by courts in Canada. There will be discussion of what the law should be, which will occur in a context of understanding how courts reason, and the principles that they bring to bear in reaching their decisions. The class will look in particular at introductory case law concerning tort law (wrongs by one person against another), personal property, criminal law, and the law as it relates to Aboriginal peoples.
Enrolment is limited to students in their second year of undergraduate studies and beyond.
INSTRUCTOR(S): S. Coughlan, D. Darling
FORMAT: Lecture/discussion 3 hours

B. Elective Requirements

Three full classes (18 credit hours) or equivalent from the approved list below, including at least one half-class (3 credit hours) from your choice of three different disciplines (e.g., history, philosophy, political science, sociology, contemporary studies, or international development studies). To count towards the Minor, classes must be passed with a minimum of B-.


•	CTMP 3321: Representations of the Holocaust I
•	CTMP 3322: Representations of the Holocaust II
•	CTMP 4125: Hanna Hrendt: Terror, Politics, Thought
•	HIST 2006.03: The Atlantic World 1450-1650
•	HIST 2007.03: The Atlantic World 1650-1800
•	HIST 2221.03: Rough Justice - to the 1890s
•	HIST 2222.03: Rough Justice - 1890s to the Present
•	HIST 3226.03: Law and Justice in Canadian Society, to 1890
•	HIST 3227.03: Criminal Law, Crime and Punishment, 1890 - present
•	HIST 3501X/Y.06: Fascist and National Socialist Movements in Europe
•	HIST 4004.03: Crime and Society in Post-Conquest England
•	HIST 4255.03: Justice, Freedom and the State in 20th Century Canada
•	INTD 2001: Intro to Development I
•	INTD 2002: Introduction to Development II
•	INTD 4006: Global Poverty and Human Rights
•	PHIL 2020.03: Legal Thinking
•	PHIL 2160.03/GWST 2500.03*: Philosophical Issues in Feminism
•	PHIL 2450.03: Democracy, Difference and Citizenship
•	PHIL 2475.03: Justice in Global Perspective
•	PHIL 2490.03: Social, Ethical and Professional Issues in Computer Science
•	PHIL 3211.03: Philosophy of Law
•	PHIL 4470.03: Contemporary Liberalism and Democracy
•	POLI 2210.03: Unity and Diversity: Dynamics of Canadian Federalism
•	POLI 2220.03: Political Power: Partisan Politics
•	POLI 2350:.03: Governance & Globalization
•	POLI 2520.03: World Politics
•	POLI 3206.03: Constitutional Issues in Canadian Politics
•	POLI 3208.03: Canadian Provincial Policies
•	POLI 3427.03/GWST 3426 Sex and the State**
•	POLI 3428.03/GWST 3650.03**: Woman as Citizen
•	POLI 3440.03 The Politics of Fear
•	POLI 3505.03 Human Rights: Institutional Foundations
•	POLI 3521.03 The UN in World Politics
•	POLI 3567.03: International Organization
•	POLI 3581.03: Diplomacy and Negotiations
•	POLI 3585.03 Politics of the Environment
•	POLI 4303.03: Human Rights: Political Issues
•	POLI 4403.03: Human Rights: Philosophical Issues
•	POLI 4481.03 Theories of Violence, Persecution and Genocide
•	SOSA 2040.06: Social Inequality
•	SOSA 2180.06: Sociology of Crime and Criminal Justice
•	SOSA 2181.03 Explaining Crime and Criminal Behavior
•	SOSA 2182.03 Sociology of Criminal Justice
•	SOSA 3185.03: Native Peoples in North America
•	SOSA 3225.03: Culture, Rights, Power
•	SOSA 3275.03: Crime and Public Policy
•	SOSA 3281.03: Youth Crime
•	SOSA 3285.03 Sociology of Law
•	SOSA 3286.03: Sociology of Criminal Law
•	SOSA 3295.03: Society and the Police

*fulfills the PHIL requirement even if taken as GWST 2500

**fulfills the POLI requirement even if taken as GWST 3650

Other Approved Electives


•	COMM 2603: Legal Aspects of Business
•	ENVS 3210.03: Environmental Law II
•	JOUR 3333.03: News Media and the Courts
•	LAWS 2122.03/2123.03: Canadian Legal History
•	PSYO 3224.03: Forensic Psychology
•	PSYO 4000.03: Senior Seminar (on a forensic topic)