Fall/Winter Timetable
POL2103H1F L0101
Undergraduate Course Code: POL491H1F L0101
Topics in Canadian Politics II
Canadian Judicial Politics
Themes
This course will take an advanced look the major theoretical and political debates in Canadian judicial politics. In the first half, the course will focus on institutions, and examine in-depth the controversies surrounding the proper relationship between the courts and the political branches, the basis of judicial independence, legal reasoning, and differing views on the appropriate method for the selection of judges. In the latter half, the class will engage with the central debates in contemporary Canadian public law, such as the role of secularism in a multicultural society, Indigenous law and politics, and collaborative federalism. The class will also explore the value, if any, of the “public/private law” distinction. Assessment will be based on participation as well as a term paper exploring a major debate in Canadian judicial politics.
November 14, 2023
Congratulations to Madalyn Hay, a recipient of a 2023-2024 Connaught PhDs for Public Impact Fellowship. Madalyn, one of our doctoral students, holds a BAH in Contemporary Studies and Classics from the...
August 24, 2023
Congratulations to alumna Meaghan Williams, a recipient of the 2022-23 Governor General’s Gold Medal for Academic Excellence, the highest academic honour available to graduate students in Canada. Awarded annually by the Office of the...
June 14, 2021
Great news from the Canadian Political Science Association, which held its annual awards ceremony (online) over the weekend of June 12 & 13: Professor Stefan Rencken’s book "Private Governance and Public...
April 22, 2021
Congratulations to two political science alumni now teaching at U of T who have both won Superior Teaching Awards! Igor Shoikhedbrod and Khalid Ahmed will be celebrated on May 5th at...
August 6, 2020
Q&A with 2020 Vanier Scholar Yojana Miraya Oscco Congratulations to PhD student Yojana Miraya Oscco who has won a prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (SSHRC). Launched in 2008, the program enables...
April 30, 2020
Congratulations to our graduate student Kevin Edmonds who has won New College's June Larkin Award for Pedagogical Development. A PhD candidate specializing in Caribbean political economy, histories of alternative/illicit development, foreign intervention and...