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Legal Studies (LGST) 331
Administrative Law (Revision 2)

Revision 2 closed, replaced by current version.

Delivery mode: Individualized study or grouped study.

Credits: 3 - Applied Studies

Prerequisite: None. LGST 369 is strongly recommended.

Centre: Centre for State and Legal Studies

LGST 331 has a Challenge for Credit option.

Overview

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.

Outline

Unit 1: The Canadian Constitution

Unit 2: The Legislative Process

Unit 3: The Administrative Process

Unit 4: The Rules of Natural Justice

Unit 5: Jurisdiction

Unit 6: Remedies

Evaluation

To receive credit for LGST 331, 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:

4 Assignments
(10% each)
Final Exam Total
40% 60% 100%

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

Course Materials

Textbooks

Jones, D. P., and A. de Villars. 2004. Principles of Administrative Law. 4th ed. Scarborough, ON: Thomson Canada Limited.

Yogis, John A. Canadian Law Dictionary. 5th ed. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's, 2003.

Other Materials

The course materials include a study guide, a student manual, a law booklet, and a book of readings.