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INTRODUCTION
Law is intended to ensure fairness and to promote and maintain justice in society. Legal studies focuses on how rules are created, how they evolve, and how they are enforced and adjudicated within the legal system. Through the study of law, students examine how various forces shape law, and how law shapes interactions between and among people, institutions, and governments. The study of law enables students to develop an under- standing of various areas of law, the relevance of law to everyday life, and the influence of entrenched rights and responsibilities on the Canadian legal system.
Strands
The Grade 11 and 12 law courses each have five strands. In all of these courses, strand A, The Inquiry Process and Skill Development in Legal Studies, is followed by four content strands, which are organized thematically.
Citizenship Education
The expectations in the Grade 11 and 12 law courses provide opportunities for students to explore a number of concepts connected to the citizenship education framework (see page 13).
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