Sfu Minor in Legal Studies
The role of experimental developmental, cognitive and social psychology in understanding the behaviour and perceptions of individuals in legal contexts. Topics include eyewitness testimony, autobiographical memory, interviews, detecting deception, and jury decision-making. Prerequisite: PSYC 201W and PSYC 268. Recommended: PSYC 210. Paralegal Minor: The Paralegal program prepares students for employment as a legal assistant. The program also provides preparation for further law studies and helps students assess their interest in law school. The study of a selected topic of current interest related to one or more of the following: strategic management, business law, business ethics, social responsibility, corporate legal environment. Readings, research, lectures, discussions and other methods are used. An in-depth examination of the application of economic reasoning to law. The course discusses how legal relationships influence behavior and how economic models can explain the structure of law. A number of topics are discussed and may include the economic approach of the common law; Proprietary Rights; Contracts; Tort; criminal behaviour; Family Law; and corporate insolvency law.
Prerequisites: ECON 201 and ECON (or BUEC) 333 or ECON 302, all with a minimum grade of C-. Students with a loan for BUEC 427 or BUEC 495 cannot take this course for other loans. Writing. This course provides an introduction to the different ways in which laws and the legal system affect the behavior of companies. Students are encouraged to use their understanding of the law and legal system as a tool for ethical business decisions. Some references to the impact of the law on the international sphere are included. Jurisprudence focuses on law as a social phenomenon and legal systems both as cultural systems and as institutional systems. Much of the jurisprudence identifies justice as both the primary value of law and the standard by which legal systems must be measured. In this context, particular attention will be paid to the role of the law in the lives of the most disadvantaged sections of society. In keeping with this understanding of justice and the mission of the College of Education for Social Justice, Engaged Citizenship, and Service on behalf of the Disadvantaged, the Law Minor will emphasize problem-solving, value identification, and critical thinking. This concentration is offered to those pursuing a major, honours, minor or post-bachelor`s degree in criminology. While the concentration is primarily offered on Simon Fraser University`s Surrey campus, many are taught at the main Burnaby campus and through the Centre for Online and Distance Learning.
The concentration is designed for students who want to focus their undergraduate studies in criminology on police-related courses, and it is recommended to complete the following. Focuses on understanding the importance of conflict and strategies for resolving it. The course explores the ways in which conflict functions in a variety of social contexts, including professional, community, family, educational, and international relationships. Traditional models of jurisprudence are compared to other forms of dispute resolution. Students will be introduced to research on the practice and effectiveness of various forms of conflict and conflict resolution. Students participate in a variety of classroom exercises, including role plays, simulations, and case studies. Back to the criminology index page. Back to Law Studies index page. examines the history of the sex trade in Canada, the laws associated with it and their implications; research on the extent of the sex industry, sex sellers, buyers of sexual services and third parties; theories of commercial sexual participation and its role in society; legal approaches to combating the sex trade in other countries; the current legal framework, including case law, relevant criminal law, immigration law and local law. Prerequisite: CRIM 101.
Students who obtained credits for CRIM 313 (Special Types of Crimes) before the summer of 2007 will not be able to take this course to obtain other loans. Provides supervised work experience in an institution, office or agency related to law or law enforcement, such as courts, prosecutors, private law firms, government agencies and local police services. Students are expected to apply and broaden the minors` knowledge of law and justice to their field work experience. An examination of a topic or a selection of themes in social and political philosophy. Contemporary or historical readings or a mixture of them are used. Possible topics are: justice, law and legal systems, sovereignty, power and authority, democracy, freedom and equality. Sometimes the course focuses on the views of historically important political philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Burke, Bentham, Mill and Marx. Prerequisites: PHIL 120, 120W, 121, 220, 221, 270, SDA 270, ENV 320W or REM 320W.
The Director of Legal Studies will be flexible in developing capstone courses in a manner that maximizes the educational benefits of the student. The course examines the theory and practice of international law (IL) through various events that have shaped the development of international law in all its forms (norms, rules, principles, precedents, customs, treaties, etc.).