Course Schedule

MONDAY - JAN. 9 - COURSE INTRODUCTION AND CONSTITUTION OF MOOTING GROUPS

ALL STUDENTS GO TO LH 105C - we will organize ourselves there and then break into groups.

WEDNESDAY - JAN. 11 - TYPES OF LAW - LH 105C

Assigned Readings:

How to Read a Case

P. Ryan, "holding, ruling, and decision"

What Should be Part of a Case Brief?

Supplemental Readings & Resources:

Common Law Jurisdictions Globally

Key Concepts in Lecture:

Forms of Law
statutory law
constitutional law
administrative law
international law
case law and jurisprudence

common law countries
jurisdiction

Case Law
stare decisis
leading cases
fact vs. law
holding vs. ruling

Doctrines and Tests:
Fiduciary Duty
Procedural Fairness
Parens Patriae
The Best Interests of the Child

components of a law report
briefing a report
mooting cases

M JAN. 16 - MOOTING ORIENTATION EXERCISES IN LH 105C, DL 114, FB 003

No Reading or Preparation this Monday - Find your mooting room assignments online and go to this room on Monday for a group exercise that will prepare you for the first moot.

Resources:

SCC, 'Preparing for a Hearing' (gives a description of decorum that we roughly mimic - see 'decorum' and 'appearances...')

Thomson Reuters, "Tips for moot court tryouts..."

W JAN. 18 (Lecture) AND M JAN. 23 (Mooting) - PARENS PATRIAE, DISABILITY, & EUGENICS

Mooting Instructions are online; Your group/role assignments and balliff scripts are in OWL under the Resources Tab

Assigned Readings:

E. v. Eve [1986] SCC
(click here for Dr. Ryan's notations)

P. Ryan, "A Model Brief of E. v. Eve"

Supplemental Readings & Resources:

Mooting Roles - see the resources tab on OWL
click here for instructions

Key Concepts in Lecture:

parens patriae
best interest of the child

eugenics
eugenics as a movement
eugenics as practice

E. v. Eve [1986] SCC
Muir v. Alberta [1996] ABQB

W JAN. 25 (Lecture) AND M JAN. 30 (Mooting) PARENTAL RIGHTS & CORPORAL PUNISHMENT

Mooting Instructions are online; Your group/role assignments and balliff scripts are in OWL under the Resources Tab

Assigned Readings:

Canadian FCYL v. Canada (AG) [2004] SCC

Note: Majority para. 1-70; Binnie Dissent para. 71-130; Arbour Dissent para. 131-211; Deschamps Dissent para. 212-247.

P. Ryan, "A Model Brief of Canadian Foundation."

Supplemental Readings & Resources:

Corporal Punishment Case Law Summary

Corporal Punishment Public Opinion

Educational Policies and Corporal Punishment in Canada and the World

Corporal Punishement Law Outside Canada

Global Map of CP law and practice

Key Concepts in Lecture:

s. 43 of the Canadian Criminal Code
Canadian FCYL v. Canada (AG) [2004] SCC

Charter of Rights and Freedoms
s. 1, 7, 12, and 15

the Oakes Test
'Reading Down' a Statute

UNCRC
s. 5, 19, 24(3), 28(3), and 37(a)

B.(R.) v. CAS Meto. Toronto [1995] SCC

W FEB. 1 (Lecture) AND M FEB. 6 (Mooting) - CHILD CUSTODY/ACCESS & BIC

Assigned Readings:

Van de Perre v. Edwards [2001] SCC

Supplemental Readings & Resources:

StatsCan Divorce Data

Canadian Bar Association on BIC

The Divorce Act - Canada

The Family Law Act - Ontario

Mooting Roles - see the resources tab on OWL
click here for instructions

Key Concepts in Lecture:

Historical Divorce Statistics
Section 16 Canada Divorce Act

Three-Fold Concept of BIC
substantive right to care
interpretive principle
rule of procedure (limited participatory right)

custody or "decision-making authority"
access or "parenting time"
Interventionist Courts and Litigious Parents

Leading Cases to Frame/Limit BIC Litigation
Young v. Young [1993] SCC
Gordon v. Goertz [1996] SCC
Van de Perre v. Edwards [2001] SCC

Open and Closed Mediation
Arbitration

Children's Legal Representation
Mader v. McCormick [2018] OCA
Bazinet v. Bazinet [1998] OCJ
Parental Alienation Syndrome
SGB. v. SJL (ON, 2010)

W FEB. 8 (Lecture) AND M FEB. 13 (Mooting) - INTERNATIONAL CUSTODY DISPUTES

Assigned Readings:

Ellis v. Wentzell-Ellis [2010] OCA

The Hague Convention

Supplemental Readings & Resources:

UNCRC

Justice Canada, "Putting Children's Interests First"

Family Law Act of Ontario

Federal Child Support Tables

Mooting Roles - see the resources tab on OWL
click here for instructions

Key Concepts from Lecture:

Hague Conv. on Civil Asp. of Intern. Child Abduction
Thomson v. Thomson [1994] SCC
CC. v. KC [2009] OSCJ
Ellis v. Wentzell-Ellis [2010] OCA
2 approaches to habitual residence
competing interpretations of 'grave risk'

W FEB. 15 (Lecture) CHILDREN'S RIGHTS TO SUPPORT & INFORMATION

Case Analysis Paper due by FRIDAY FEB. 17 - Submit through OWL

READING:

No Readings - Complete Case Analysis Paper

RESOURCES:
CRIN on "article 8" of the CRC (PDF)

Adoption Rights Summary

UNICEF short on Article 8

KEY CONCEPTS

Fiduciary duty
Willick v. Willick [1994] SCC
paras formula
A.C. v M.Z. [2010] OSCJ
Farden v. Farden [1993] BCCJ
S.(J.M.) v M.(F.J.) [2004] OSCJ

CAS Met. Toronto v. Lyttle [1973] SCC
Kennette v. Munro [1973] Essex CC
Access to Information Rights

UNICEF short on identity rigths
Art. 8 UN CRC
Gelman v. Uruguay [2011]

Marchland v. Ontario [2006] ONCA
Cheskes v. Ontario [2007] OSCJ
Adoption Information Disclosure Act (effective 2007)

READING WEEK - NO CLASS - FEB 20/22

M FEB. 27 - CASE REVIEW AND FINAL EXAM ORIENTATION IN LH105C

Cases Covered To Date

*E. v. Eve [1986] SCC
Muir v. Alberta [1996] ABQB
*Foundation v. Canada [2004] SCC
B.(R.) v. CAS Meto. Tor. [1995] SCC
*Van de Perre v. Edwards [2001] SCC
Young v. Young [1993] SCC
Gordon v. Goertz [1996] SCC
Thomson v. Thomson [1994] SCC
*Ellis v. Wentzell-Ellis [2010] OCA
Willick v. Willick [1994] SCC
Marchland v. Ontario [2006] ONCA
Cheskes v. Ontario [2007] OSCJ

Case To Be Covered

*Langner v. Canada [1994] FCA
Baker v. Canada [1999] SCC
*R v. Kaija [2007] OCA
Blackwater v. Plint [2005] SCC
Ruman v. Lethbridge SD [1944] ABSC
Kandaharian v. York Cath. DSB [2022] ONSC
*Multani v. Comm. Scolaire [2006] SCC
*A.C. v. Manitoba [2009] SCC
Gillick v. W. Norfolk & Wisbech AH [1985] UK
Hamilton HSC v. D.H. [2014] OCJ
*R. v. D.B. [2008] SCC
R. v. Kendall [1962] SCC
R. v. Khan [1990] SCC
*R. v. W (R.) [1992] SCC

Notes: The 10 asterisk cases (hotlinked above) are eligible for the case briefing task on the final exam (48%).
The long answers (32%) on the final exam will be composed using the 30 bold typed cases
and the terms listed under "Key Concepts" that are reviewed in Wednesdays lectures.
See final exam instructions

W MAR. 1 (Lecture) AND M MAR. 6 (Mooting) - MIGRATION AND FAMILY SEPARATION

READING:

Langner v. Canada [1994] FCA

RESOURCES:

Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

UN Convention on the Status of Refugees

Mooting Roles - see the resources tab on OWL
click here for instructions

KEY CONCEPTS
Calvin's Case [1608]
Jus Soli

Syria & the Refugee Crisis
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
UN Convention on the Status of Refugees

Canadian Resettlement System
Pre-Removal Risk Assessment
'Irreparable Harm' Case Law
Langner v. Canada [1994] FCA
Baker v. Canada [1999] SCC
Baron v. Canada [2009] FCA

W MAR. 8 (Lecture) AND M MAR. 13 (Mooting) - CHILD PROTECTION AND THE DUTY TO REPORT

READING:

R v. Kaija [2006] OCJ

R v. Kaija [2007] OCA

Summary of Changes from the CFSA to the CYFSA

RESOURCES:

Provincial Advocacy Office

Child, Youth, and Family Services Act (replacing the CFSA, 2018)

Mooting Roles - see the resources tab on OWL
click here for instructions

KEY CONCEPTS
Children's Aid Societies
CYFS Act 2018
the duty to report

R v. Kaija [2006] OCJ
R v. Kaija [2007] OCA

Blackwater v. Plint [2005] SCC
Indian Residential Schools Settlement Aggreement
Common Experience Payment (CEP)
Independent Assessment Process (IAP)

Canadian standards of proof
'reasonable grounds to believe'
'preponderance of evidence'
'beyond a reasonable doubt'

Brown v. Canada A.G. [2017] ONSC
The Sixties Scoop

Provincial Advocacy for CY Act (2007-2018)

W MAR. 15 (Lecture) AND M MAR. 20 (Mooting) - YOUTH POLITICAL AND PARTICIPATORY RIGHTS

READING:

Multani v. Comm. scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys [2006] SCC

RESOURCES:

Ontario Ministry of Education, Policy Memo 144

Toronto Star, "Bullying: How a school..." (June 2, 2013)

Kandarharian v. York Opinion

~~Sources on Tinker v. Des Moines~~

Excerpted Tinker Case Report

Legal Professional Attitudes Towards Children's Participation

1948 recording of Canadian Debate on Voting Age

https://vote16.ca/

Mooting Roles - see the resources tab on OWL
click here for instructions

KEY CONCEPTS
Suspendable Actions
Case law on suspension
Evidentary Standard
Haines v. Neudorf [1995] Sask
Hopkins v. Mission SD [1998] BC
Policy Memo 144
Peel Board v. BW [1987]
Procedural Fairness

Ruman v. Lethbridge SD [1944] ABSC
Troyer v. State [1918] OH
VA v. San Pasqual Valley S.D. [2017] US DC
Tinker v. Des Moines [1969] US SC
Multani v. Comm. scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys [2006] SCC

Kandaharian v. York Cath. DSB [2022] ONSC
Oakes Test/Constitutional Infringement

Standards (legal basis) for Judicial Review
of Public Administrative Actions

Fitzgerald v. Alberta [2002] ABQB

W MAR. 22 (Lecture) AND M MAR. 27 (Mooting) - AGE AND RIGHTS OF SELF-DETERMINATION

READING:

A.C. v. Manitoba [2009] SCC

RESOURCES:

"Aboriginal medicine ruling ignites debate on children's rights" Toronto Star 10/05/2018.

CBC, "Makayla Sault's Case..." May 29 2014.

~~UN CRC~~

CBC, "... Violate Minimum Wage Laws," Oct 2014 and CBC, "Junior Hockey's Biggest Fight..." Jun 2017.

CHL Class Action Law Suit

Mooting Roles - see the resources tab on OWL
click here for instructions

KEY CONCEPTS
rights
negative rights of participation
positive rights of care and provision

right of contract
child custody (the invention of)
doctrine of benefit and necessity
Pyett v. Lampman [1922] ONSC
Salah v. Cruickshank and Bowen [1987] NSCC

informed consent
Johnston v. Wellesley [1970] ONHCJ
mature minor doctrine
Gillick v. West Norfolk & Wisbech Area Health Authority [1985] UK

A.C. v. Manitoba (2009) SCC
parens patriae, BIC, and Informed Consent
H.P. v. Eastern Regional Integrated Health Authority [2010] NLSC

Ontario's Health Care Consent Act
Hamilton HSC v. D.H. [2014] OCJ

Bank of Nova Scotia v. Passero [1990] ONDC
Labour Contracts
Toronto Marlboro v. Tonelli [1979] OCJ
Berg v. Canadian Hockey League [2020]
Out of Court Settlement
Release from Litigation

W MAR. 29 (Lecture) AND M APR. 3 (Mooting) - YOUTH CRIMINAL LAW

READING:

R. v. D.B. [2008] SCC

RESOURCES:

Youth Criminal Justice Act

extrajudicial measures sheet

Mooting Roles - see the resources tab on OWL
click here for instructions

KEY CONCEPTS
age and culpability
The Case of Peter Moore
benefit of clergy
Dorcas Good

juvenile reformatories
R. v. D.B. [2008] SCC
presumptive offence
direct indictment

R. v. S.J.L. [2009] SCC
extrajudicial measures

R. v. A.B. [1986]
admissibility for youth confessions

W APR. 5 (Lecture) - TESTIMONY, COMPETENCY, AND CHILDHOOD

No Mooting - Preparations for Exam begin.

READING:

R. v. W (R.) [1992] SCC

RESOURCES:

Lovinsky and Gagne "Legal Representation of Children in Canada," Justice Canada 2015

Mooting Roles - see the resources tab on OWL
click here for instructions

KEY CONCEPTS
Susannah Brown's Case
R. v. Brasier (1779)
R. v. Kendall [1962] SCC

Khan Test or Khan Doctrine
R. v. Khan [1990] SCC

R. v. W (R.) [1992] SCC
Ontario Law Reform Commission (1991)
Party Status
Amicus Curiae
Litigation Guardian
Child Advocate
CAS Toronto v. D.(S.) (1993)

M APR. 10 (Review Session - LH 105C) - Preparing for the Final Exam