This is the web page for Section A of Public Law II, 2003-04 (winter term).
Course Director: Ian Greene; igreene@yorku.ca
Office: 124 McLaughlin College, Ph: 736-5128, ext. 77055
Usual Office Hours (check Prof. Greene's home page for temporary changes)
Mondays, 10:30 to 11:30.
Tuesdays 10:30 - 12:00 noon; or by appointment
(Note: office hours are cancelled on Tuesday, Feb. 17, due to
reading week.)
Teaching Assistants:
•For writing assignment: Kristopher Crawford-Dickinson;
kris.dickinson@sympatico.ca
Usual office hours: Wednesdays 11:30 to 1:30, 611 South
Ross.
•For exams: Kristin Skinner; email kskinner@yorku.ca.
Mid-term exam: Class average was 72.4%. Students who did not do well are encouraged to do the optional extra assignment (see link below).
FINAL EXAM: Saturday, April 24 at 7:00 p.m. (19:00 hrs.) to 9:00 p.m. The exam period is two hours. The location of the exam is Vari Hall B. There will be a class party to celebrate the end of the exam in The Cock and Bull, which is in the basement of Founders College.
Students who prefer not to write the examination at this time for religious
reasons may write the examination during a period reserved for religious
accommodation. (Please talk to Prof. Greene as soon as possible
to set an alternate date.) See Senate
policy on religious accommodation.
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Constitutional Cases Conference: April 2: The student rate is $75 per student. Students who wish to attend should e-mail their particulars, mentioning the fact that they are your students, to Darryl Humber at pdp@osgoode.yorku.ca.
Useful links:
Supreme Court
of Canada
Canadian Information
by Subject
Ontario Court
of Justice
Access to Justice Network
Charter of
Rights Decisions on Mapleleafweb
The Canadian court
structure
Constitution Acts, 1867
to 1982
Halpern
case, Ontario Court of Appeal (gay marriage case) Synopsis
of Halpern case
Canadian Judicial Council
How federally-appointed
judges are selected
How
provincially-appointed judges are selected in Ontario
Ethics
Statement of Canadian Judicial Council
Course
Outline
Writing
Assignment
Citations
Guide, by Kristopher Crawford-Dickinson
This
Grading Sheet must be attached to all case commentary assignments when
handed in
This Grading Sheet must
be attached to all SKELETON
OUTLINES when handed in
Kris Crawford-Dickinson: Ten
Steps on How to Write and "A" Paper
Optional
Extra Assignment
Overheads from class:
Human Rights (Jan.
6/04)
The development of
rights consciousness in Canada (Jan. 8/04)
The Road to the Charter
(Jan. 13/04)
The Charter Critics
(Jan. 15/04)
Application
of the Charter (Jan. 20), including Big M, Operation Dismantle, and
Oakes
Application of the
Charter 2 (Jan. 22), including Edwards Books & Art, Dolphin Delivery,
and McKinney v. U of Guelph
Keegstra, Zundel
and Sharpe (Jan. 27)
Butler and RJR-MacDonald
(Jan. 29)
Ford & Devine
(Feb. 3)
Language Rights
(Feb. 3)
Legal Rights, including
Singh, B.C. Motor Vehicle Act Case, Therens, and Valente (Feb. 5)
Legal Rights (2),
including Askov, Rodriguez, Mills & Hunter v. Southam (Feb. 10)
Feb. 12: Mid-Term Exam. This will be an in-class
exam, and will consist of objective questions (eg. fill-in-the-blanks,
matching cases to impugned legislation and significance of cases, true
and false, etc.) Suggestion: consult: Review
notes for Part I of course
Equality rights
(1), including Andrews, Turpin, RC High School Funding Case, Schachter,
Symes, Thibaudeau (Feb. 24)
Equality rights
(2), including Egan, Vriend, MvH, and Eldridge (Feb. 26)
Women and the Charter
(1), including Morgentaler, Borowski and Winnipeg Child & Family
Services (March 2)
Women and the Charter
(2), including Daigle case, and Gavigan article (March 4)
Aboriginal People
and the Charter: Sparrow, 1990; Van der Peet, 1996, Delgamuukw,
1997, Marshall (March 9 & 11)
Labour and the Charter
(March 16)
Social Inequality
and the Charter (March 18)
Charter Critics Revisited
(March 23)
Final Appeal
(March 25)
The Courts and Democracy
(March 30)
Future of the Charter
(April 1)
Review Notes
(April 1)