Credits: 4

Grade 11 Grade 12

Law Studies 12 introduces students to Canadian legal rights and responsibilities which allow citizens to participate more fully in society. Laws maintain the status quo, but they can also be a force for change. Students will examine how laws have changed over time and the social attitudes and legal processes involved in bringing about these changes. Canada’s laws and legal framework affect many aspects of Canadians’ daily life. The more one understands the laws that govern Canadian life, the easier it is to navigate through daily events. While the news mostly reports on criminal law cases such as murders and robberies, it is civil law – the branch of law that covers everything from human rights to family law to employment to renting apartments to being sued – that has the greatest impact on the lives of ordinary people. In this course, students will learn about crime and criminals, but students will also spend time studying tenancy laws, employment law, human rights law and other non-criminal areas of the law. There are no specific pre-requisites for this course and it is designed to appeal to students with an interest in civil or criminal law careers.