LAWG 554- Focus Week Winter

Job title: LAWG 554- Focus Week Winter

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Job Description

Hiring Unit: Faculty of Law

Course Number: LAWG 554

Course Title: Criminal Defence (in-depth: R.c. G.G., 2023 QCCA 305 (CanLII)) – The Fundamentals of Sentence Representation.

Course Credits: 1

1 Instructor

Term: Focus Week Winter 2024

Course Schedule: Mon-Thurs 1305-1555 (Student Affairs Office will contact you if there is a change to the date/time)

Location: Chancellor Day Hall

Course Description:

The Focus Week Workshop Course in sentence representation principles will first aim to introduce to the students the applicable principles and theories of sentencing. (This will be a brief overview since there is a sentencing course.) There will be a brief overview as well of the general theories, objectives, and principles of sentence. However, the focus will be to apply these principles in sentence representation.

The principles of aggravating factors and mitigating factors in sentencing will be critically analyzed. There will be a detailed look at the objectives of sentencing and how a sentence must be tailored to the offender. Several critical perspectives will be analyzed as we conduct an in-depth review of the R v G.G. QCCA 305 decision. Sentence representation with respect to racialized and indigenous offenders will also be addressed.

The OBJECTIVES of this focus week are to provide the students with a solid understanding of the principles of sentence representation. By the end of the week, the student should be able to appreciate and apply the notions as well as have developed a critical understanding of the personal nature of sentencing and the need to individualize and tailor a sentence to the accused. The students would have become familiar with notions such as moral culpability and the required proportionality tests in sentencing.

TQR: At a minimum, a first degree in law. Several years of significant practice or professional experience, in the relevant area; Experience in teaching undergraduate law students in a bilingual setting

Disclaimer:

Please note that given the resumption of in-person teaching activities, most courses will be taught in person. Exams may however need to be administered remotely depending, mainly on the size of the class. Course Lecturers will be required to plan accordingly. Should government restrictions prohibit the resumption of in-person teaching, courses will revert to remote teaching.

In the event of such a change, Course Lecturers will be advised without delay. Course Lecturers may be required to prepare and deliver teaching material suited to a remote/online teaching environment using a virtual learning platform [e.g., Zoom, WebEx] and the McGill myCourses learning management system. Training and assistance on remote teaching is available through Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) . Course Lecturers are encouraged to record their lectures.

The University may, at its discretion, assign the person of choice to give this Course/Teaching.

Please note that this course will be allocated to a member using an exemption as per article 15.03.03 of the MCLIU collective agreement.

This posting will be taken down at 12:00 a.m. on the day indicated below as the deadline to apply. You have until 11:59 p.m. the day before the indicated deadline date to submit your application.

Hiring Unit: Faculty of Law

Course Title: Criminal Defence (in-depth: R.c. G.G., 2023 QCCA 305 (CanLII)) – The Fundamentals of Sentence Representation

Subject Code: LAWG 554 001

Location: Chancellor Day Hall

Schedule: Mon-Thurs 1305-1555

Deadline to Apply: 2023-12-14

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