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LAW IN SOCIETY
Mailing Address: Law in Society Program,
c/o Department of Sociology, Tilley 20
University of New Brunswick,
P.O. Box 4400, Fredericton, N. B.,
Canada, E3B 5A3
Phone: (506) 453-4849
Email: socio@unb.ca
Website:
http://www.unb.ca/fredericton/arts/idp/lawinsociety/
FACULTY
Co-ordinator / Advisor: Dr. Isher-Paul Sahni, (Soci) BA, MA (Conc.), PhD (McGill)
Consulting Committee
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Dr. Daniel Ahern (Phil) BA (STU), MA (UNB), PhD (McM)
Dr. David Bedford (Pols) BA (C’dia), MA, PhD (York)
Professor Dorothy Duplessis (Admin) BComm, LLB, MBA (Dal), LLM (Lond)
Dr. William Kerr (Clas) BA (Tor), BA (Oxon), MA, PhD (Prin)
Dr. Linda Neilson (Soci) BA, LLB (UNB), PhD-Law (Lond)
Dr. Ted McDonald, (Econ) BA (St. F.X.), MCom, PhD (Melbourne)
General Information
Law in Society is an interdepartmental and inter-faculty program involving the Faculties of Administration and of Law, the Muriel
McQueen Ferguson Centre for Family Violence Research and, in the Faculty of Arts, the departments of Anthropology, Classics and
Ancient History, Economics, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology.
Based on the premise that law and the character and quality of society are interrelated, the program offers a critical academic
examination of the role of law in society and of society in law. Students will study these issues from at least three disciplinary
perspectives and may include in their studies examinations of the philosophic, historic, economic, political, and social foundations of
law. All of the courses explore one common theme: the connections between law and the social order.
Eligibility
Admission to the Law in Society program is open to students who have successfully completed sixty credit hours toward a degree in
the Faculty of Arts or the Faculty of Business Administration. Students must obtain the approval of the department (Arts) or faculty
(Administration) in which they major and then apply through the Department of Sociology for admission to the Law in Society
program. Students should apply during the registration period or immediately thereafter. With permission of the Co-ordinator,
students may count for credit in a LWSO Program courses taken before they enter the program. A grade of C or better is required
for credit in the Law in Society program. Although not a requirement, students are encouraged to complete PHIL 1101 Critical
Thinking before entry into the program.
Programs of Study
Double Major
The Law in Society Double Major consists of 30ch chosen from core and elective courses, as listed below. Of these, 12ch shall be
chosen from at least 3 disciplines among the core courses. Additional core courses may be counted as electives. At least 24ch shall
be upper level courses (3000 level or above). A grade of C or better is required for credit in the Law in Society program.
Joint Honours
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Students intending to complete a Joint Honours must apply in writing through the Department of Sociology for admission. Normally,
students wishing to complete a joint honours will apply before the start of their 3rd year and have a GPA of at least 3.3 or B+. A
Joint Honours consists of 36ch including completion of the requirements for a Double Major and completion of LWSO 5001 .
Minor
The Law in Society Minor consists of 24ch chosen from core and elective courses as listed below. Of these, 12ch shall be chosen
from at least 3 disciplines among the core courses. At least 18ch shall be upper level courses (3000 level or above). A grade of C or
better is required for credit in the Law in Society program.
Core and Elective Courses
Program Courses
LWSO 5001
Honours Seminar in Law in Society
3ch
ANTH 3284
Legal Anthropology
3ch
ADM 3123 (UNBSJ: BA 2703 )
Business Law I
3ch
CLAS 3923
Roman Law
3ch
ECON 3845
Introduction to Law and Economics
3ch
LWSO 4003
Law and Society
3ch
PHIL 2204
Introduction to Contemporary Issues in the Philosophy of Law 3ch
PHIL 2205
Rights: Individuals and Communities*
PHIL 3331
Michel Foucault’s Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison 3ch
POLS 3251
Canadian Federalism
3ch
POLS 3257
Law and Politics in Canada
3ch
POLS / ECON 3633
International Public Law
3ch
PSYC 3263 (UNBSJ only)
Psychology of Criminal Behaviour
3ch
SOCI 2613
Delinquency
3ch
SOCI 3603 (UNBSJ: SOCI 3610 )
Criminology
3ch
SOCI 3613 (UNBSJ: SOCI 3610 )
Theories and Perspectives in Criminology
3ch
SOCI 3636
Restorative Justice
3ch
SOCI 4336
Families, Law, and Social Policy
3ch
SOCI 4355 (UNBSJ: SOCI 4613 )
Sociology of Law
3ch
ADM 3124
Aboriginal Business Law
3ch
ADM 4125
Business Law II
3ch
ECON 5835
Industrial Organization: Policy
3ch
ECON 5855
Law & Economic Analysis
3ch
FVI 3005
Family and Criminal Legal Systems
3ch
HIST 3374
Native People and the State: From the Indian Act to the
Royal Commission on Aboriginal People
3ch
HIST 3817
History of Peacekeeping
3ch
HIST 4001
Heretics and Witches in Europe, 1350-1650
3ch
HIST 4351
New Brunswick, 1784-1860
3ch
HIST 4352
New Brunswick, 1860 to the Present
3ch
HIST 4851
Law and War
3ch
HIST 5312
Native Peoples and Canadian and American Policy, 1824–1982 3ch
PHIL 3302
Later Greek Philosophy
3ch
PHIL 3202
Philosophical Foundations of Feminism
3ch
PHIL 3231-39
Philosophy of Law Seminar
3ch
POLS 3292
Self-Government and Aboriginal Community
3ch
POLS 3343
The European Union in Transition
3ch
POLS 3633
International Public Law
3ch
PSYC 3343
The Psychology of Crime
3ch
Core Courses
3ch
Elective Courses
PSYC 3743 (UNBSJ: PSYC 2752 )(UNBF: formerly PYSC 3023) Drugs and Behaviour
3ch
PSYC 3633
3ch
Motivation
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SOCI 2603 (UNBSJ: SOCI 2603 )
Sociology of Deviance
3ch
SOCI 3623
White Collar Crime
3ch
SOCI 3634
Violence Against Women
3ch
SOCI 3635
Conflict Resolution
3ch
SOCI 3900 (UNBSJ only)
Sociology of Policing
3ch
SOCI 4313
Violence and Power
3ch
SOCI 4337
Legal Responses to Family Violence
3ch
SOCI 4603 (UNBSJ only)
Penology and Corrections
3ch
SOCI 4610
Crime and Social Control
6ch
WLCS/GER 3054
Crimes and Misdemeanors
3ch