Canadian Bijuralism Research Program

The Department of Justice Canada has launched its 2009 Program of Research Contracts on Canadian Bijuralism. The purpose of the Program is to promote, among law students, the development of expertise pertaining to federal legislative interpretation regarding questions that arise when federal law and provincial private law interact in a context of coexisting civil law and common law legal traditions, taking into account, where applicable, their relationship with Aboriginal traditions. The Program also contributes to the dissemination of knowledge on the subject.

The Program is open to students who, at the time of application, are enrolled full-time in graduate studies and who hold an undergraduate law degree from a Canadian university. It is also open to undergraduate law students who are, at the time of application, enrolled full-time in an undergraduate program in law at a Canadian university.

Each research contract is for $5,000.

Students wishing to submit a research proposal must do so on or before December 1, 2009.

For more information about the Program of Research Contracts on Canadian Bijuralism, please visit the following website: http://canada.justice.gc.ca/eng/bijurilex/cont2.html

Posted October 2, 2009 at 10:30 AM