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CLN4U
CANADA AND INTERNATIONAL LAW
MR. BERGMAN 222
2013- 2014
MR. R. BERGMAN
• [email protected]
• http://rbergman.weebly.com
• Office: 223
• Prep: Period 1
• CHC2D and CLU3M
WHAT WILL WE LEARN?
• Law is not static (or should it be?)- dynamic process that renews itself in
response to society’s evolving needs
• Where does our law come from?
• The rules and regulations on how our country is run (or in the case of our
current Prime Minister how to get around those rules)
• Rights and Freedoms (too many? too little?)
WHAT WILL WE LEARN?
• What is Criminal Justice? Should we shoot first and ask questions
later? Punish offenders? Can we stop crime in society?
• Environmental Law- Who cares…really…
• Labour Law- should workers have rights?
• International Law- real or a myth
• Testicles on Trucks…Gold/Silver/Flesh?
A UNIVERSITY LEVEL LAW COURSE
HMMM…
Lectures/Power Points
Readings
Seminars
Videos (youtube)/ A Movie or Two
Independence….and Respect
Learning Goals
EVALUATION
Termwork 70%
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Daily activities
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Minor Essays
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Unit Tests
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Seminar
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Major Essay (10-15%)
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Group projects
Final Exam 30%
THE TYPICAL GRADE 12 UNIVERSITY STUDENT
Attendance
Communication with your teacher
Deadlines
Homework and review
Suffering
Constant checking of the course website- keep up to date
LET US BEGIN-THE ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
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How are law and morality and law and justice connected?
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How does Canadian law reflect the influences of other legal systems? (Via Rail
case)
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How are the rights and freedoms enjoyed by Canadians protected here and on
the international stage?
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How are the most vulnerable in our society protected by law
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How do changes in science and technology impact our law?
LET US BEGIN-THE ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
• How do changing values of Canadians influence the legal system?
• What is the role of small groups and individuals in the evolution of law?
• How is a balance of power between the judicial and legislative branches of
government maintained?
• Why do we follow laws? Why do we not follow laws? What should society do
with people who choose to not live within our laws?
LAW AND MORALITY
Consider the following statements. Identify whether they
are true or false:
• It is moral to abide by the law.
• It is immoral to disobey the law.
• It is moral to punish those who disobey the law.
• It is immoral to fail to punish those who disobey the
law.
Note: Morality is defined as principles concerning the
distinction between right and wrong or good or bad
behavior.
LAW AND MORALITY
Consider these:
• Can an act be legal but immoral?
• Can an act be morally right but unlawful?
KOHLBERG’S THEORY OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT
In Europe, a woman was near death from a special kind of cancer. There was
one drug that the doctors thought might save her. It was a form of radium that a
druggist in the same town had recently discovered. The drug was expensive to
make, but the druggist was charging ten times what the drug cost him to make.
He paid $200 for the radium and charged $2,000 for a small dose of the drug.
The sick woman's husband, Heinz, went to everyone he knew to borrow the
money, but he could only get together about $ 1,000 which is half of what it cost.
He told the druggist that his wife was dying and asked him to sell it cheaper or
let him pay later. But the druggist said: "No, I discovered the drug and I'm going
to make money from it." So Heinz got desperate and broke into the man's store
to steal the drug-for his wife. (Kohlberg, 1963).”
• What do you think?
ACTIVITY
• In Groups determine guilt or innocence of the man…however
that is not really that important…it is the reasoning.
• Ratio Decidendi: the reasoning behind a judge’s decision- the
rule of law on which the decision is founded
• Prepare a reason for your decision for the man in the scenariono punishment