ISU TOPIC SUGGESTIONS:
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1) Environmental Law: The role of governments, the courts, individual and collective action in protecting the environment,
TOPICS: Development of laws by government/courts, individuals & lobby groups and environment, analyze the effectiveness of major environmental statutes in the world,the debate of whether self regulation is superior to gov’t regulation, alternative energy, gas prices
2) Labour Law: The legal process, legal systems and sanctions used to protect the rights of the employers and employees in workplaces
TOPICS: Role of the gov’t both Federal/Provincial in making laws, key components in F/P labour legislation: Canadian Labour Code, Trade Union Acts, Labour Relations Act, Employment Standards Act, employee and employer situations in unionized and non-unionized workplaces, why unions were and are formed, collective bargaining process, analyse impact of the following on collective bargaining and regulations in the workplace: free trade: globalization, technology, minimum wage legislation,
3) International Law: Major concepts, principles and purposes of international law
TOPICS: extradition, customary law, diplomatic immunity, general principles, treaties, customs, the sovereignty of nation-states as an overriding principle, explain how the following may be governed by international law: human rights: jurisdictional disputes: refugees/asylum: collective security: trade agreements, explain the role and jurisdictions of the following agencies: UN: WHO: war crimes tribunal : IMF: Interpol, Kosovo
4) International Treaties and Conflict: Effectiveness of international laws, treaties and agreements in resolving conflicts of a global nature
TOPICSSovereignty and international trade agreements-NAFTA, International treaties and their role in protecting the environment, international jurisdictional and boundary treaties: UN Convention on the law of the sea: 1967 Outer Space Treaty, effectiveness of international treaties in the protection of human rights: Universal Declaration of human rights, declaration of the rights of the child, role of the International Court of Justice in the Hague in resolving international issues,
5) Global Conflicts and Resolutions: The complexity of making, interpreting, and enforcing laws on a global scale.
TOPICS: explain how and why the use of force to resolve conflicts is limited in international law, compare methods of resolving conflicts by peaceful means: international diplomacy: sanctions: arbitration:mediation, identify domestic laws that conflict with principles of international laws and explain how they violate those principles: Nuremberg laws: laws on apartheid, difficulties and effectiveness of international intervention in international conflicts, Canada’s role as a member of NATO or NORAD, Canada’s role in international peacekeeping, US/Canada Northwest passage conflict, Iraqi War, Tibet, North Korea, Sudan-Darfur, USA-war crimes, China,