Bachelor of Arts in Law and Society

York University - School of Continuing Studies

Canada,Ontario

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48 Months

Duration

CAD 35,130/year

Tuition Fee

CAD 230

Application Fee

May 2025

Apply Date

Canada, Ontario

Type: University

Location Type: Urban

Founded: 1959

Total Students: 55,000 +

Int. Students: 8,500 +

Campus Detail

Main Campus Address

4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Bachelor of Arts in Law and Society

Program Overview

The Law and Society program was established in the early 1970s and is one of the oldest undergraduate programs of its kind in North America. York graduates about 100 students each year, making it one of the largest programs of its type in Canada.

Law is one of the most significant expressions of a modern society's social and political development. In recent years, social scientists from many disciplines have analyzed the interplay between law and society. We live in a period of widespread public interest in law that arises from a concern with problems of social justice, social control and deviance.

The academic disciplines - anthropology, economics, history, philosophy, political science, psychology, sociology - have increasingly focused on such issues as the nature and origin of law; law-making and law breaking; rights and obligations; freedom and responsibility. These are matters of increasing concern to teachers, social workers, businesspersons, doctors and public servants whose professional responsibilities demand a knowledge of the relationship of law to their own fields.

The goals of the Law and Society program are:

  • to affirm the intellectual importance of the study of law and society and law in society;
  • to provide a framework within which you and the faculty may explore, within disciplines and between them, descriptive and analytic approaches to the subject;
  • and to sharpen the appreciation of law as part of the active daily life of the student.

Please note: Law and Society is not a pre-law preparatory program.

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