TRU/Law3020
LAW 3020: Legal Perspectives
Professor: Margaret I. Hall, LLB, LLM
Course Description:
Introduction to the philosophy of law, including the nature and sources of law, and the relationship between law and morality.
Course Outline:
This course provides a survey of some of the dominant classical and modern theories about the nature of law, including natural law theory, legal positivism, legal realism, law and economics theory and feminist legal theory. We will also consider the philosophical dimensions of specific areas of legal controversy and debate, including legal reasoning and the interpretation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the enforcement of morality, freedom of expression and hate speech, and equality and the law.
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Groups
Group A: R v Lavalee
Group B: Reference re Same Sex Marriage
Group C: R v Morgentaler
Group D: R v Oakes
Group E: McKinney v University of Guelph, [1990] 3 S.C.R. 229
Group F: R v Malmo Levine, 2003 SCC 74
Group G: Bazley v Curry, [1999] 2 S.C.R. 534
Group H: Rodriguez v. British Columbia (Attorney General), [1993] 3 S.C.R. 519
Group I: GVRD Employees’ Union v Greater Vancouver Regional District
Group J: Norberg v Wynrib
Group K: R v City of Sault Ste. Marie
Group L: R. v. Sharpe, 2001 SCC 2
Group M: R v Keegstra
Group N: Childs v Desmoreaux, 2006 SCC 18
Group O: R v Lattimer
Group P: Auton (Guardian ad litem of) v. British Columbia (Attorney General), [2004] 3
Group Q: Starson v Swayze, [2003] 1 S.C.R. 722, 2003 SCC 32
Group R: R v Butler
Group S: Rape Relief v Nixon, 2005 BCCA 601
Group T: R. v RDS, [1997] 3 S.C.R. 484
Group U: Thomas v Norris, 1992 CanLII 354 (BCSC)
