Public Law & Legislation (University of Ottawa CML 1104)

  • Craig Forcese (University of Ottawa Faculty of Law)

Introduction to legislation and public law, focusing on the structure of the Canadian legal system, including: sources of law, the federal legislative process and statutory interpretation; the legal system's constitutional basis; the organization of courts and tribunals in Canada and appeal processes; and the role of the courts in overseeing legislative and administrative action.

12 Practice 12 (Public Law) 12 Practice 12 (Public Law)

12.1 Practice 12 (Public Law) Description 12.1 Practice 12 (Public Law) Description

On the "meat and potatoes" of Parliament's functions, with a close examination of the legislative process.  Read Forcese, Dodek, et al, pp. 273-295.  Listen or view Podcasts 13 Functions of Parliament and Podcast 14 How to Do a Quick Read of  Statute.  The past of Podcast 13 on the legislative process has also been posted as an explanatory video (which I have called Podcast 13a, since it contains only part of the full Podcast 13).  Podcast 14 is best understood when viewed in its explanatory video.