Courses in Public Law examine how the legal system, of which the constitutional order and judiciary are integral parts, governs the relationship both among constituent units of the state and between citizens and the state. It also examines the obligations that states have to one another via international law. Courses in the program address the normative foundations of principles of justice and human rights; the role of constitutions and courts in safeguarding the rule of law, protecting civil liberties, and curbing state power; the constraints to state sovereignty posed by international law and international courts; and the implications of the legal order for democratic and legitimate policy-making.
We have nine excellent faculty that teach within this area of focus:
Professor Margaret Kohn
Associate Professor Christopher Cochrane
Assistant Professor Elizabeth Acorn
Assistant Professor Andrew McDougall
Assistant Professor Chadwick Cowie
Assistant Professor Filiz Kahraman
Assistant Professor Nicole Bernhardt
Assistant Robert Schertzer
Assistant Professor Ryan Hurl
Public Law | POLB30H3 Law, Justice, and Rights POLB56H3* Understanding Canadian Politics POLB57H3* The Canadian Constitution and the Charter of Rights POLC30H3 Law, Politics and Technology POLC32H3 The Canadian Judicial System POLC33H3 Politics of International Human Rights POLC34H3 The Politics of Crime POLC35H3 Law and Politics: Contradictions, Approaches, and Controversies POLC36H3 Law and Public Policy POLC38H3 International Law POLC39H3 Comparative Legal Systems POLC56H3 Indigenous Politics and Law POLC59H3 Sources of Power: The Crown, Parliament and the People POLD30H3 Legal Reasoning POLD31H3 Mooting Seminar POLD38H3 Law and Global Business POLD42H3 Advanced Topics in Public Law POLD44H3 Comparative Law and Social Change POLD45H3 Constitutionalism POLD46H3 Public Law and the Canadian Immigration System |