Legal Studies (LGST) 249
Legal Literacy (Revision 2)
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Delivery Mode: Individualized study online
Credits: 3
Area of Study: Applied Studies
(Business and Administrative Studies)
Prerequisite: None
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
LGST 249 is not available for challenge.
Detailed syllabus and assessment information (PDF)
Sample course pages (PDF)
Open Access Course (not for credit)
Questions? Contact the Course Coordinator Archie Zariski
Overview
LGST 249 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. The 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.
Outline
- Unit 1: Procedural Justice, Adversarialism, and Legal Literacy
- Unit 2: Legal Structures
- Unit 3: Legal Systems
- Unit 4: Legal Processes and Procedures
- Unit 5: Legal Language
- Unit 6: Legal Research
- Unit 7: Legal Interpretation
- Unit 8: Legal Communication
Evaluation
Please note that the passing grade for the final examination is 50 percent. To receive credit for the course, you must achieve an overall course grade of 50 percent or better and a passing grade of 50 percent or better on the final examination.
| Activity | Weighting |
|---|---|
| Assignment 1 | 15% |
| Assignment 2 | 15% |
| Assignment 3 | 10% |
| Assignment 4 | 25% |
| Final Exam | 35% |
| Total | 100% |
The final examination for this course must be taken online with an AU-approved exam invigilator at an approved invigilation centre. It is your responsibility to ensure your chosen invigilation centre can accommodate online exams. For a list of invigilators who can accommodate online exams, visit the Exam Invigilation Network.
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.
Course Materials
The required textbook which will be supplied to students is Archie Zariski, Legal Literacy: An Introduction to Legal Studies (AUPress 2014) (PDF). The course website includes links to additional optional readings.
Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts.
Opened in Revision 2, February 2, 2016.
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