Fall Term 2025 (1930)
LAW 584 - Bankruptcy and Insolvency
3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)
Participants will acquire an understanding of the rules, principles and policies underlying modern bankruptcy and insolvency law. The principal focus of the course is on the federal Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act. Topics include the invocation of bankruptcy, the vesting of property in the trustee in bankruptcy, the effect of bankruptcy on third parties, impugning pre-bankruptcy transactions, the scheme of distribution, and bankruptcy discharge. The course will also examine reorganizations under the federal Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, and review the foundational features of receivership law.
LECTURE A01 (56583)
2025-09-03 - 2025-12-09
TR 15:30 - 16:50
LAW 587 - Personal Property Security Law
3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)
The course will provide an in-depth analysis of the law of secured transactions in personal property. The salient features of the Alberta Personal Property Security Act will be examined, including topics on the scope of the Act, security agreements, the concepts of attachment and perfection, the priority of security interests in relation to other interests, proceeds and enforcement of security interests.
LECTURE A01 (56584)
2025-09-03 - 2025-12-09
TR 10:30 - 11:50
Winter Term 2026 (1940)
LAW 585 - Commercial Transactions
3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)
Commercial law is the body of law that governs commercial dealings between business entities. This course explores the legal rules and principles that govern four highly significant types of commercial transactions. Sales law deals with the implied terms, passage of property and other related issues under a contract for the sale of goods. Negotiable instruments law covers cheques, bills of exchange and promissory notes. Securities transfer law deals with both direct and indirect holding systems for the holding and transferring of shares bonds and other forms of investment property. The law of guarantees deals with contractual undertakings to answer to another person's default.
LECTURE B01 (86724)
2026-01-05 - 2026-04-10
TR 15:30 - 16:50
LAW 601 - Corporate Reorganization and Restructuring
3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)
Corporate reorganization and restructuring law defines a process through which an insolvent corporation attempts to reach an arrangement or proposal with its creditors. Students will acquire an understanding of the fundamental rules and principles of corporate reorganization and insolvency law within the context of a legal skills-training simulation that will also develop their ability to advise clients, negotiate with other lawyers and present arguments before a judge. Prerequisite: LAW 584.
LECTURE B01 (87926)
2026-01-05 - 2026-04-10
TR 10:30 - 11:50