Readings for January 29th

The readings for next week are:

1. Chapters 9, 10, 11, 12 from the course text. Although it sounds scary, that is just over 70 pages, and there is no comprehensive exam in the course. 
2. Daniel Solove's article entitled "A taxonomy of privacy", available here. I would read lightly for key concepts and ideas. 

Michael will be talking about privacy law on the 29th, and then data protection law on the 5th. I moved around the assignment schedule a bit, so please take a look.

One comment about the assignments:

In previous offerings, this course had a 75% essay (100% for upper year students). We found that this didn't work so well for first year students, since many first years at Osgoode haven't received sufficient instruction in research and writing.

This year's schedule was updated to ameliorate those concerns. We reduced the final essay to 50%, adding writing assignments that take place throughout the term. This allows us to spread out the mark allocation and give you feedback in advance of the final essay deadline. We are also paying more attention to legal research, writing and argumentation.

As Michael may have mentioned, all of the perspectives seminars focus on:

1. Research and writing.
2. Obtaining critical perspectives on law through secondary literature (e.g., journal articles)

I hope you find the readings and classroom discussions interesting, but don't forget that final marks are largely determined by your research and writing. Upper year students who wish to revert to a 75% essay should contact us.