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Legal Studies (LGST) 479
Local Government Law in Alberta (Revision 1)

Delivery mode: Individualized study or grouped study.

Credits: 3 - Applied Studies

Prerequisite: None.

Centre: Centre for State and Legal Studies

LGST 479 has a Challenge for Credit option.

Questions about this course? Contact the course professor: Archie Zariski.

Overview

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.

Outline

Unit 1: Legislative Framework

Unit 2: The Municipal Council

Unit 3: Financing Local Government

Unit 4: Planning and Land Use

Unit 5: Transportation

Unit 6: Challenging City Hall

Unit 7: Regulations of Trade and Business

Unit 8: Health and Welfare

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Evaluation

To receive credit for LGST 479, you must complete all of the assignments, achieve a mark of at least 50 percent on the final examination, and obtain a course composite grade of at least "D" (50 percent). The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:

Assignments
1, 3, 5, 6 and 7
(10% each)		 Assignments
2 and 4
(5% each)		 Final Exam Total
50% 10% 40% 100%

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.

Course Materials

Textbook

A Consolidation of The Constitution Acts 1867 to 1982. 1993. Ottawa: Department of Justice Canada.

Municipal Government Act, S.A. 1994 c. M-26.1 as amended.

Other Materials

The course materials include a study guide, a student manual, relevant Alberta statutes, and a book of readings.

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