LAW588
Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Law
(Szigeti)
Prerequisite courses:
Prerequisite for:
Instructor(s): Professor Peter Szigeti
Course credit: 3
Method of presentation: Lecture
METHOD OF EVALUATION
Open book final exam: 60%
In-class joint presentation: 30%
Participation: 10%
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Immigration and refugee law determines who has the right to live in Canada, who gets to visit and who can never set foot in the country. This course will engage students not only with the Canadian laws and judicial decisions which control these determinations, but also with the political and philosophical arguments that drive legislation, and key international comparisons to see how other nations are engaging with the same questions. We shall also examine citizenship, the coveted endpoint of immigration, but perhaps not quite the golden prize that immigrants hope for.
The course will therefore have two focal areas. One will be the foundational narratives about identity, belonging, human nature and the ideal polity that drive immigration; the other will be a more traditional focus on statutory interpretation, and the conformity of administrative law with constitutional rights and international obligations.
SPECIAL COMMENTS
Description updated 2019-20. Please contact the instructor for any specific questions you may have related to this particular course section.
REQUIRED TEXTS (IF ANY):
All required readings will be posted on TWEN. The recommended textbook is: Sharryn J. Aiken, Catherine Dauvergne, Donald Galloway, Colin Grey, Audrey Macklin, Immigration and Refugee Law: Cases, Materials and Commentary (2nd ed. 2015, Emond, Toronto)