Undergraduate Selection of Course Concentrations (Law Programs)

Several courses of instruction may be grouped because they treat a common subject matter or theme. The following unofficial groupings of courses regularly offered in the faculty are intended to assist students desiring to specialize in selecting elective courses. They do not represent any academic policy decision by the faculty as to the appropriate characterization of individual offerings. Moreover, some courses appear in more than one grouping. In all cases, reference should be made to the course description.

Basic Private Law

• Contractual Obligations (LAWG 100D1 Contractual Obligations. / LAWG 100D2 Contractual Obligations.)
• Extra-Contractual Obligations/Torts (LAWG 101D1 Extra-Contractual Obligations/Torts. / LAWG 101D2 Extra-Contractual Obligations/Torts.)

Advanced Private Law

• Civil Law
  • Advanced Civil Law Obligations (PROC 200 Advanced Civil Law Obligations.)
  • Advanced Civil Law Property (LAWG 506 Advanced Civil Law Property.)
  • Insurance (BUS2 561 Insurance.)
  • Law of Persons (PRV2 270 Law of Persons.)
  • Lease, Enterprise, Suretyship (PROC 549 )
• Common Law
  • Advanced Common Law Obligations (PRV3 200 Advanced Common Law Obligations.)
  • Advanced Torts (PRV5 582 Advanced Torts.)
  • Equity and Trusts (PRV4 549 Equity and Trusts.)
  • Real Estate Transactions (PRV4 451 )
  • Remedies (PRV3 534 Remedies.)
  • Restitution (PRV4 500 Restitution.)
• Transsystemic Private Law
  • Business Associations (BUS2 365 Business Associations.)
  • Commercial Law (LAWG 200 Commercial Law.)
  • Consumer Law (PRV5 483 Consumer Law.)
  • Death and Property (LAWG 504 Death and Property.)
  • Employment Law (LEEL 570 Employment Law.)
  • Evidence (Civil Matters) (LAWG 415 Evidence (Civil Matters).)
  • Family Law (LAWG 273 Family Law.)
  • Family Property Law (LAWG 300 Family Property Law.)
  • Medical Liability (CMPL 522 Medical Liability.)
  • Private International Law (LAWG 316 Private International Law.)
  • Property (LAWG 220D1 Property. / LAWG 220D2 Property.)
  • Secured Transactions (LAWG 400 Secured Transactions.)

Legal Theory, Legal Traditions, and Legal History

• Aboriginal Peoples and the Law (CMPL 500 Indigenous Peoples and the State.)
• Advanced Jurisprudence (CMPL 505 )
• Canadian Legal History (CMPL 547 Canadian Legal History.)
• Feminist Legal Theory (CMPL 504 Feminist Legal Theory.)
• Foundations (PUB3 116D1 / PUB3 116D2 )
• Jurisprudence (CMPL 501 Jurisprudence.)
• Legal Theory (CMPL 506 Legal Theory.)
• Linguistic and Literary Approaches to Law (CMPL 507 )
• Roman Law (CMPL 510 )
• Talmudic Law (CMPL 513 Talmudic Law.)
• Theories of Justice (CMPL 512 Theories of Justice.)

Human Rights and Cultural Diversity

• Aboriginal Peoples and the Law (CMPL 500 Indigenous Peoples and the State.)
• Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (PUB3 515 )
• Civil Liberties (CMPL 573 Civil Liberties.)
• Discrimination and the Law (CMPL 575 Discrimination and the Law.)
• Inter-American Human Rights (LAWG 503 Inter-American Human Rights.)
• International Humanitarian Law (CMPL 565 International Humanitarian Law.)
• International Law of Human Rights (CMPL 571 International Law of Human Rights.)
• The McGill International Human Rights Internship (WRIT 020 The McGill International Human Rights Internship.)
• Social Diversity and Law (CMPL 511 Social Diversity and Law.)

Social Law

• Immigration and Refugee Law (PUB2 551 Immigration and Refugee Law.)
• Labour Law (LEEL 369 Labour Law.)
• Land Use Planning (PRV4 545 Land Use Planning.)
• Law and Poverty (LEEL 582 Law and Poverty.)
• Law and Psychiatry (PUB2 500 Law and Psychiatry.)

Law of the State

• The Administrative Process (PUB2 400 The Administrative Process.)
• Comparative Federalism (PUB2 503 Comparative Federalism.)
• Constitutional Law (PUB2 101D1 Constitutional Law. / PUB2 101D2 Constitutional Law.)
• Constitutional Law of the United States (PUB2 102 )
• Judicial Review of Administrative Action (PUB2 401 Judicial Review of Administrative Action.)
• Municipal Law (PUB2 403 )
• Policies, Politics and Legislative Process (CMPL 518 Policies, Politics and Legislative Process.)
• Statutory Interpretation (PUB2 505 Statutory Interpretation.)

Regulation, Technology, and Society

• Communications Law (CMPL 577 Communications Law.)
• Comparative Medical Law (CMPL 551 )
• Computers and the Law (CMPL 578 )
• Copyright and Trademark Theory (BUS2 500 )
• Entertainment Law (CMPL 524 Entertainment Law.)
• Environment and the Law (CMPL 580 Environment and the Law.)
• Government Control of Business (CMPL 574 Government Control of Business.)
• Intellectual & Industrial Property (BUS2 502 Intellectual and Industrial Property.)
• Medical Liability (CMPL 522 Medical Liability.)
• Patent Theory and Policy (BUS2 501 Patent Theory and Policy.)
• Science Technology and Law (CMPL 576 Science Technology and Law.)

Corporate Law and Taxation

• Banking Law (BUS2 531 Banking Law.)
• Bankruptcy and Insolvency (BUS1 532 Bankruptcy and Insolvency.)
• Business Associations (BUS2 365 Business Associations.)
• Business Organizations (BUS2 503 Business Organizations.)
• Corporate Finance (BUS2 505 Corporate Finance.)
• Corporate Taxation (PUB2 517 Corporate Taxation.)
• Estate Planning (BUS1 414 )
• International Taxation (CMPL 539 International Taxation.)
• Securities Regulation (BUS2 504 Securities Regulation.)
• Taxation (PUB2 313 Taxation.)
• Tax Policy (PUB2 515 Tax Policy.)

International Business Law

• European Union Law 1 (CMPL 536 European Union Law 1.)
• European Union Law 2 (CMPL 537 European Union Law 2.)
• International Carriage of Goods by Sea (CMPL 515 International Carriage of Goods by Sea.)
• International Development Law (CMPL 516 International Development Law.)
• International Maritime Conventions (CMPL 553 International Maritime Conventions.)
• Law and Practice of International Trade (CMPL 543 Law and Practice of International Trade.)
• Resolution of International Disputes (CMPL 533 Resolution of International Disputes.)
• Trade Regulation (CMPL 521 )

Public International Law

• International Criminal Law (PUB2 502 International Criminal Law.)
• International Environmental Law and Politics (CMPL 546 International Environmental Law and Politics.)
• International Humanitarian Law (CMPL 565 International Humanitarian Law.)
• International Law of Human Rights (CMPL 571 International Law of Human Rights.)
• The Law of International Organization (PUB2 506 The Law of International Organization.)
• The McGill International Human Rights Internship (WRIT 020 The McGill International Human Rights Internship.)
• Public International Law (PUB2 105 Public International Law.)

Criminal Law

• Advanced Criminal Law (PUB2 501 Advanced Criminal Law.)
• Criminal Law (PUB2 111 )
• Criminal Justice (LAWG 102D1 Criminal Justice. / LAWG 102D2 Criminal Justice.)
• Criminal Procedure (PUB2 422 Criminal Procedure.)
• Evidence (Criminal Matters) (LAWG 426 Evidence (Criminal Matters).)
• International Criminal Law (PUB2 502 International Criminal Law.)
• International Law of Human Rights (CMPL 571 International Law of Human Rights.)
• Sentencing in Canadian Law (PUB2 504 Sentencing in Canadian Law.)

Advocacy and the Legal Profession

• Advocacy (PRAC 200 Advocacy.)
• Civil Litigation Workshop (PROC 459 Civil Litigation Workshop.)
• Criminal Procedure (PUB2 422 Criminal Procedure.)
• Evidence (Civil Matters) (LAWG 415 Evidence (Civil Matters).)
• Evidence (Criminal Matters) (LAWG 426 Evidence (Criminal Matters).)
• Extrajudicial Dispute Resolution (CMPL 568 Extrajudicial Dispute Resolution.)
• Judicial Institutions and Civil Procedure (PROC 124 Judicial Institutions and Civil Procedure.)
• Legal Ethics and Professionalism (LAWG 210 Legal Ethics and Professionalism.)
• Trial Advocacy (PUB2 420 Trial Advocacy.)