Law Studies 12

Curricular Competencies

Students are expected to be able to do the following:

Use Social Studies inquiry processes and skills to ask questions; gather, interpret, and analyze ideas; and communicate findings and decisions
Assess the justification for competing accounts after investigating points of contention, reliability of sources, and adequacy of evidence, including data (evidence)
Compare and contrast continuities and changes for different groups and individuals at different times and places (continuity and change)
Explain different perspectives on past and present people, places, issues, and events, and distinguish between worldviews of the past or present (perspective)
Make reasoned ethical judgments about controversial actions in the past or present after considering the context and standards of right and wrong (ethical judgment)

Students are expected to know the following:

the Constitution of Canada and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
structures and powers of the federal and provincial courts and administrative tribunals
key areas of law such as criminal law, civil law, and family, children’s, and youth law
Canadian legislation concerning First Peoples
indigenous legal orders and traditional laws in Canada and other global jurisdictions
Canada’s correctional system and principles of rehabilitation, punishment, and restoration
structures and roles of global dispute resolution agencies and courts