AP/SOSC4364 6.0 A: Law, Science, Proof
Offered by: SOSC
Session
Fall 2024
Term
Y
Format
SEMR
Instructor
Calendar Description / Prerequisite / Co-Requisite
This honours seminar explores the debates that surround the use of scientific evidence in the courtroom and how judges, lawyers, and scholars have sought to solve the complex problems that occur when legal actors are obliged to evaluate scientific evidence. While the course focuses primarily on scientific evidence with a particular emphasis on Canadian criminal law, it also covers some of the other controversies that surround the relationship between science and the law.Prerequisites: AP/SOSC 1375 3.00, AP/SOSC 2350 6.00, AP/SOSC 3375 3.00.
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