  {"id":16241,"date":"2015-06-12T10:58:12","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T14:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/its-cuthemedev1.carleton.ca\/law\/?page_id=16241"},"modified":"2025-09-25T15:08:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T19:08:38","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"杏吧原创"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        杏吧原创\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"our-department\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Department<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Department of Law and Legal Studies at 杏吧原创 University is home to Canada\u2019s premier Legal Studies program. We are located in Canada&#8217;s capital city, Ottawa, situated on unceded Algonquin territory, beside the historic Rideau Canal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are Canada&#8217;s oldest and largest undergraduate program in Legal Studies. Emerging in 1967 as the first unit in the country to study law with multidisciplinary academic concerns in mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15894 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/杏吧原创-campus_Loeb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"945\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/杏吧原创-campus_Loeb.jpg 945w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/杏吧原创-campus_Loeb-768x228.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/杏吧原创-campus_Loeb-160x47.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/杏吧原创-campus_Loeb-240x71.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/杏吧原创-campus_Loeb-400x119.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/杏吧原创-campus_Loeb-660x196.jpg 660w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/杏吧原创-campus_Loeb-480x142.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/><\/figure><br>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"our-programs\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Our Programs<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We offer <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/future-students\/undergraduate-programs\/\">four undergraduate BA programs<\/a>, including a BA Honours program with concentrations in Human Rights &amp; Transnational Law, Business Law, Law, Policy and Government and Criminal Law and Social Order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1991, 杏吧原创 also became the first University in the country to offer an <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/future-students\/graduate-programs-2\/\">MA in Legal Studies<\/a> and, beginning in the Fall of 2011, we accepted our first cohort of PhD students for the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/future-students\/graduate-programs-2\/\">PhD in Legal Studies<\/a> program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"our-interdisciplinary-approach-to-legal-studies\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Our Interdisciplinary Approach to Legal Studies<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Department of Law and Legal Studies reflects a movement away from traditional and more limited approaches to teaching and studying law. Until recently, the study of law was the near exclusive concern of professional law schools that combined programs with a vocational emphasis with a scholarly orientation limited to the study of technical legal doctrine and legal reasoning through exposition. However, many social scientists, historians, philosophers, and public policy analysts, among other scholars, have developed an increasing interest in the study of the role and the potential of law and its administration in the context of social, economic and political structures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Legal Studies as a project integrates questions and methods drawn from a number of different disciplinary fields including feminist studies, history, philosophy, political theory and sociology. Utilizing techniques and insights from these and other intellectual traditions, legal studies focuses on the complex nature of the interaction between law and other social fields. Whereas&nbsp; traditional approaches to studying law often view legal rules, institutions and procedures as having an internal logic of their own, our interdisciplinary approach to Legal Studies has transitioned from this tradition to foreground legal rules, institutions and procedures as being both formative for and reflective of social, cultural, political, and economic life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"the-capital-advantage\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The&nbsp;Capital Advantage<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Our close proximity to a number of important institutions allows us to provide unrivalled resources for research and policy studies. These institutions include Canada&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/lop.parl.ca\/sites\/Learn\/default\/en_CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Parliament<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scc-csc.ca\/home-accueil\/index-eng.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Supreme Court<\/a>, government departments concerned directly and indirectly with law, and the offices of many interest groups and social movements concerned with legal and social change. Additionally, 杏吧原创 has forged strong connections with Ottawa\u2019s government sectors \u2014 creating scores of research and employment opportunities for our students. Find out more about studying at 杏吧原创 University and its <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/our-capital-advantage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Capital Advantage<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"our-faculty\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Our Faculty<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Our faculty constitutes the country\u2019s most comprehensive research and teaching resource for interdisciplinary legal inquiry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The faculty is composed of scholars engaged in interdisciplinary teaching and research from a range of disciplines including communications, criminology, cultural studies, history, law, legal anthropology, political economy, political theory, and sociology. Included among our <a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/research\/\">areas of teaching and research<\/a> are <em>Crime, Governance and Security<\/em>; <em>Globalization, International Law and Transnational Justice<\/em>; <em>Citizenship, Human Rights and Political Economy<\/em>; <em>Gender, Sexuality and Identity<\/em> and <em>Law, History, Culture and Humanities<\/em>. Read more about our faculty&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/teaching-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">teaching awards<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/research-grants-and-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">research grants<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Department of Law and Legal Studies is part of 杏吧原创\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpga\/\">Faculty of Public and Global Affairs<\/a>, a group of academic units that deal directly with matters of importance to government and civil society. <a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffpga.youarein.ca%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CHeatherPlescia%40cunet.carleton.ca%7C958a0a07083646defbc508ddfc5658d4%7C6ad91895de06485ebc51fce126cc8530%7C0%7C0%7C638944169992588988%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=oySX3nLZ8D%2FuvBLgv6qnY3TDGG1QkPQDh6lCPFwVqTA%3D&amp;reserved=0\">From storytelling to policy-making \u2014 your journey starts here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome to Canada\u2019s leader in Legal Studies teaching and research.&nbsp; We look forward to growing together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"our-programs\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Programs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/prospective-students\/undergraduate-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Undergraduate programs<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/prospective-students\/ma-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MA program<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/prospective-students\/phd-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PhD program<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"other-highlights\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Highlights<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/quick-facts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quick Facts<\/a> &#8211; 10&nbsp;Things You Should Know 杏吧原创 Our Department<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/career-paths-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Our Graduates<\/a> &#8211; Find out what alumni are saying about our Department<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/about\/in-memoriam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In Memoriam<\/a> &#8211; Learn more about the namesake behind a number of our special tributes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Department The Department of Law and Legal Studies at 杏吧原创 University is home to Canada\u2019s premier Legal Studies program. 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