LAW486 Jurisprudence

This is a VARIABLE TOPIC course. Each section covers a different topic.


An examination of law from a theoretical rather than a doctrinal perspective. Every year, the course will consist of a number of seminar offerings whose focus will be on a broader theoretical examination of law, legal processes, and institutions. Each of these courses will allow a critical examination of law from a variety of perspectives such as; legal theory, literature, politics, economics, social and cultural development, and religion. 

LAW486: Advanced Legal Research & Writing (Professor Cameron Hutchison)

LAW486: Critical Perspectives on Race & the Law (Niki Bains and Sylvie Vigneux)

LAW486: Environment, Animals & the Law (Professor Jessica Eisen)

LAW486: Equality & Section 15 (Professor Hillary Nye)

LAW486: Feminist Legal Theory (Professor Jessica Eisen)

LAW486: Greek & Shakespearean Drama & Justice (Professor Annalise Acorn)

LAW486: Indigenous Law: Foundations & Methods (Professor Hadley Friedland)

LAW486: An Introduction to Law & Economics (Professor Eran Kaplinsky)

LAW486: Jurisprudence (Professor Matthew Lewans)

LAW486: Law & Film (Professor Moin Yahya)

LAW486: Law & Political Economy (Professor Sina Akbari)

LAW486: Law & Science (Professor Ubaka Ogbogu)

LAW486: Queering Law (Brenna Meade-Clift)

LAW486: Property Rights (Professor Malcolm Lavoie)

LAW486: The Rule of Law (Professor Hillary Nye)

LAW486: Transgender People & the Law (Professor Florence Ashley)

LAW486: Treaties, Indigenous Peoples & Treaty Law (Professor Darcy Lindberg)

LAW486: Tax, Justice & Society (Professor Sina Akbari)