Carleton University · LAWS 4100

Modern Legal Theory

Credits : 0.5 creditReference year : 2026-27

Description

Realist and post-realist legal scholarship; emphasis on Canadian, American and British approaches. Topics include the Canadian treatise tradition, American legal realism, empirical approaches to legal problems, the sociological movement in law, critical and Canadian feminist legal scholarship, Marxian theories of law, normative economic theory.

Prerequisites

  • Prerequisite(s): LAWS 2908 and fourth-year Honours standing.

Conditions and arrangements

  • Prerequisite(s): LAWS 2908 and fourth-year Honours standing.
  • Seminars three hours a week.
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Realist and post-realist legal scholarship; emphasis on Canadian, American and British approaches. Topics include the Canadian treatise tradition, American legal realism, empirical approaches to legal problems, the sociological movement in law, critical and Canadian feminist legal scholarship, Marxian theories of law, normative economic theory.

  • Prerequisite(s): LAWS 2908 and fourth-year Honours standing.
  • Seminars three hours a week.

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