LGST 230: The Canadian Legal System (Rev. C3)

Welcome to Legal Studies 230: The Canadian Legal System. This course is designed primarily for students who are interested in learning more about Canada’s legal system, its history and development, and trends in Canadian law.

LGST 249: Legal Literacy (Rev. C2)

LGST 249 Legal Literacy is a three-credit course at Athabasca University. This course is designed to help make the law and its institutions more understandable and accessible to people without professional legal education. It will help those facing legal issues to learn and assert their legal rights and to learn the rights and obligations of others. This course supports efforts to make law and legal systems responsive to the needs of ordinary citizens. Legal Literacy will assist everyone to make use of the law in pursuing their legitimate interests.

LGST 331: Administrative Law (C4)

Administrative Law discusses that branch of the law dealing with relationships between the individual citizen and government, whether at the federal, provincial or municipal level. It also deals with boards, authorities, commissions, and committees created by government. LGST 331 will be of particular interest to those who are either employed or interested in public administration or who have occasion to deal with government in their professional or private life.

LGST 331: Administrative Law (Rev. C3)

Administrative Law discusses that branch of the law dealing with relationships between the individual citizen and government, whether at the federal, provincial or municipal level. It also deals with boards, authorities, commissions, and committees created by government.

LGST 369: Commercial Law (Revision C8)

LGST 369 Commercial Law is a three-credit course at Athabasca University. This course is designed to inform business people and those dealing with businesses of the core legal principles, laws, and institutions which govern trade and commerce in Canada. It will help business people to anticipate and, if possible, avoid  legal problems, and to know when to seek legal advice. Consumers and customers will learn about their legal rights. This course supports efforts to make the commercial laws of Canada understandable and responsive to the needs of ordinary citizens. Commercial Law will assist everyone to understand and make use of the law in pursuing their legitimate interests.

LGST 390: Women, Equality, and the Law (Rev. C3)

Legal Studies 390 is designed to introduce you to the history of women's engagement with the law as a tool to achieve social change. In this course, you will examine both traditional women's issues (abortion, pornography) and more cutting-edge issues (transgendered persons) which exemplify the feminist legal movement in Canada.

LGST 479: Local Government Law in Alberta (C3)

Legal Studies 479 is designed to give students practical knowledge of the legal aspects of local or municipal government in Alberta. This course will be of particular interest to those either employed or interested in local government or who have occasion to deal with local government in their professional, business, or private lives. By the end of this course, students should be able to recognize problems and situations involving local government that require legal counsel.

LGST 482/PHIL 482: Jurisprudence (Rev. A1)

LGST482: Jurisprudence will examine some of the central philosophical principles underlying the common law legal system.
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LGST 489: Alternative Dispute Resolution (Rev. C2)

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is a course in Criminal Justice, Legal Studies, and Human Services at Athabasca University. This course may be taken on its own, or as part of another program. The course has been designed for individualized study, in which you study at your own pace, with online support and assistance from a tutor, and online submission of your assignments for credit. The course must be completed within six months, although extensions may be granted. It can be completed sooner if you have the time to devote to it.