This course explores Canadian law, with a focus on legal issues that are relevant to the
lives of people in Canada. Students will gain an understanding of laws relating to rights
and freedoms in Canada; our legal system; and family, contract, employment, tort, and
criminal law. Students will develop legal reasoning skills and will apply the concepts of
legal thinking and the legal studies inquiry process when investigating a range of legal
issues and formulating and communicating informed opinions about them. Prerequisite: Canadian History since World War I, Grade 10, Academic or Applied
