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Law & Ethics Course Outline Canada

This document outlines the course content and goals for a Legal Studies class covering Law, Ethics, and Forensics. The course will investigate questions about who decides laws and what grounds the rule of law through 3 units examining the Canadian legal system, forensic investigation tools, and the origins and application of ethics. Students will develop skills in legal and ethical issue identification, analysis, debate and presentation. Assessment will include a journal, assignments, tests, and group projects. Respect is required given the complex nature of topics.

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Law & Ethics Course Outline Canada

This document outlines the course content and goals for a Legal Studies class covering Law, Ethics, and Forensics. The course will investigate questions about who decides laws and what grounds the rule of law through 3 units examining the Canadian legal system, forensic investigation tools, and the origins and application of ethics. Students will develop skills in legal and ethical issue identification, analysis, debate and presentation. Assessment will include a journal, assignments, tests, and group projects. Respect is required given the complex nature of topics.

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Legal Studies 9: Law & Ethics Course Outline

Welcome to Law & Ethics (plus Forensics)

The Rule of Law is a fundamental component of Canadian society. Our laws and our legal system help
form our nation and they continue to be one of the primary reasons people from around the world want
to come to Canada.

But who decides what our laws will be? Is there a universal right and wrong? What is at the root of
wrongful convictions? What grounds the Rule of Law?

These are the types of questions we investigate in this course. Many of the topics we will discuss are
complex, and controversial. Therefore, respect for others is a required behaviour in this
class.

Goals

By the end of the semester, you will be able to:

 Identify and describe the main components of the Canadian legal system;
 Describe different forensic tools used to investigate crimes, including their uses and limitations;
 Identify, analyze, present, and discuss legal issues from historical and current-events contexts;
 Define ethics and its anthropological premises;
 Identify your ethical principles are formed and changed;
 Identify, analyze, present, and discuss ethical issues in a respectful debate; and
 Recognize links between morals, values, ethics and The Law.

Resources

There is no textbook for this course. One copy of all required printed resources will be provided to each
student and posted on Edsby. Students are expected to have at-home access to the Internet. Personal at-
school access to the Internet is NOT required. Students are expected to come to every class with the
following resources:
Lined paper
A binder or other method to organize and store notes and handouts
A pen or pencil
Topics and Sequence:

Unit 1 – Law
The Need and Origins of Law in Canada
Case Studies - Application of Law in Various Life Situations
Civil and Common Law Debate
Mock Trial
Legal Research Project and Presentation

Unit 2 – Forensics
DNA and DNA extraction
Fingerprinting Analysis
Cryptography and Forensic Document Analysis
Guest speaker (law enforcement, detective and coroner fields)
Blood Spatter Analysis
Trace Analysis
Limitations of forensics

Unit 3 - Ethics
Origins and Definitions of Ethics
Application of Ethics in Various Life Situations
Ethics Research Project and Presentation and Debate

Assessment and Grade

Assessment in this class will be a combination of individual assignments, research papers, tests and
group projects and presentations.

Journal: 20%
Assignments: 50%
Tests: 30%

Assignment and Homework Policies:

There will be time to complete most assignments in class. If you do not use your time in class
effectively or need more time to complete the work, the assignment will become homework to be turned
in upon a communicated due date.

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