Department of Law and Politics

Department of Law and Politics

Overview

The Department of Law and Politics is committed to academic excellence in both program content and delivery. We emphasize the use of primary resources and a seminar style of instruction, which encourages student participation and engagement. Working closely with faculty, students develop their research, writing, and presentation skills to achieve excellence in both written and oral scholarship.

Students are also able to acquire special knowledge in several thematic areas, including legal and political theory, international relations and law, and law, politics and public policy. In keeping with the University’s long history and “special mission”, Aboriginal content and interdisciplinary approaches guide many of our courses.

Students are able to take single majors in Law and Justice or Political Science, or a double major in Legal and Political Studies, or in combination with another discipline. A double major is the surest way to acquire a comprehensive understanding of the structure and function of political, judicial and government institutions, and how political culture, legal tradition and public policy combine to frame and inform legislative, judicial and bureaucratic decision-making.