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  • From Law to Legal Studies and Beyond: 50 Years of Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University
    2019
    Co-Authors: Vincent Kazmierski, Darren Pacione
    Abstract:

    This paper considers the evolution of Carleton University’s Department of Law and Legal Studies and its approach to the study of law and the Legal within the context of the continuing growth of Legal Studies programs across Canada. It starts by outlining the historical development of the Department and the evolution of its perspective of its role and purpose. Part II examines a number of aspects of the architecture of fourteen undergraduate Legal Studies programs across the country and the ways in which the roles of these programs are described. Part III provides a brief outline of the current structure of the undergraduate programs offered by the Department and considers how it fits within the broader landscape of academic units offering undergraduate Legal Studies programs in Canada. The paper concludes by identifying some of the challenges faced by the Department as it prepares for the next 50 years.

  • Introduction to Legal Studies
    2015
    Co-Authors: Stephen John Tasson, Vincent Kazmierski, Jane Dickson-gilmore, Betina Kuzmarov, Sébastien Malette
    Abstract:

    Introduction to Legal Studies, 5e, is intended to provide an interdisciplinary approach to the study of law and Legal institutions for students in undergraduate university and college programs in Legal Studies. Like its four predecessors, the fifth edition is structured to reflect the diversity of approaches and perspectives employed within Legal Studies. The underlying theme of this collection of materials is that “law” cannot be understood simply as a set of formal rules, processes and institutions. Rather, law must be understood in its wider context, including the dynamic relations between “the written law”, Legal processes, and the political, cultural, social and economic forces within society. Thus any study of law must engage its subject reflexively and critically, rather than accept without question Legal rules, processes and institutions as natural, fixed or given. For this reason, most of the material in this collection engages in critical reflection on the purposes, effects and operation of law. The text examines such topics as Canadian Legal culture and institutions; theories of law; law-making processes; the personnel of law; dispute resolution; access to justice; citizenship and social belonging; crime, social order and the criminal justice system; law, economy and society; and the relationship between law and social transformation. For courses: Many of the articles raise complex, and sometimes difficult, arguments that students may initially find difficult to fully appreciate. They are included to challenge students both academically and conceptually, and to acquaint them with many new and enduring debates in the field. The articles will encourage students to read and think more broadly, and critically, not only about what law is, but about the fundamental ambiguity of its roles, functions and even limits, in a wide range of societies. This book is usefully paired with a basic introductory text that outlines the pragmatic forms and structures of the Canadian Legal system. (Publisher summary)

  • How Much “Law” in Legal Studies? Approaches to Teaching Legal Research and Doctrinal Analysis in a Legal Studies Program
    Canadian Journal of Law and Society Revue Canadienne Droit et Société, 2014
    Co-Authors: Vincent Kazmierski
    Abstract:

    This article addresses the teaching of Legal research methods and doctrinal analysis within a Legal Studies program. I argue that learning about Legal research and doctrinal analysis is an important element of Legal education outside professional law schools. I start by considering the ongoing debate concerning the role of Legal education both inside and outside professional law schools. I then describe the way in which the research methods courses offered by the Department of Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University attempt to reconcile the tension between “law” and Legal Studies. In particular, I focus on how the second-year research methods course introduces students to “traditional” Legal research and doctrinal analysis within a Legal Studies context by deploying a number of pedagogical strategies. In so doing, the course provides students with an important foundation that allows them to embrace the multiple roles of Legal education outside professional law schools. Resume: Cet article examine le role de l’enseignement des methodes de recherche juridique et de l’analyse des doctrines au sein d’un programme d’etudes juridiques. Je soutiens que la recherche juridique et l’analyse doctrinale representent des elements importants d’une formation juridique a l’exterieur des ecoles professionnelles de droit. Premierement, j’examine le debat en cours sur le role de l’education juridique a l’interieur et a l’exterieur des ecoles professionnelles de droit. Par la suite, je demontre comment les cours de recherche juridique offerts par le Departement d’etudes juridiques de l’Universite Carleton tentent de concilier la tension entre le « droit » et les etudes juridiques. En particulier, j’examine comment le cours de deuxieme annee sur les methodes de recherche juridique presente aux eleves la recherche juridique « traditionnelle » ainsi que l’analyse doctrinale dans le cadre d’etudes juridiques en adoptant certaines strategies pedagogiques. Le cours fournit ainsi une base importante permettant aux eleves de profiter des roles multiples de l’education juridique a l’exterieur des ecoles professionnelles de droit.

  • How Much 'Law' in Legal Studies? Approaches to Teaching Legal Research and Doctrinal Analysis in a Legal Studies Program
    2014
    Co-Authors: Vincent Kazmierski
    Abstract:

    This article addresses the teaching of Legal research methods and doctrinal analysis within a Legal Studies program. I argue that learning about Legal research and doctrinal analysis is an important element of Legal education outside professional law schools. I start by considering the ongoing debate concerning the role of Legal education both inside and outside professional law schools. I then describe the way in which the research methods courses offered by the Department of Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University attempt to reconcile the tension between “law” and Legal Studies. In particular, I focus on how the second-year research methods course introduces students to “traditional” Legal research and doctrinal analysis within a Legal Studies context by deploying a number of pedagogical strategies. In so doing, the course provides students with an important foundation that allows them to embrace the multiple roles of Legal education outside professional law schools.

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