COURSE: TERM : PREREQUISITES: CLASS: Day & Time: Room: LAWS 3206 A – Banking Law Fall 2010
Department of Law
LAWS 2003 [1.0] (no longer offered) or LAWS 2202 or BUSI 2601 Fridays - 11:35 am - 2:25 pm Please check with Carleton Central for current room location Sam Schwisberg
INSTRUCTOR: (CONTRACT) CONTACT: Office: Office Hrs: Telephone: Email:
Loeb C476 Fridays immediately following class as needed 613-740-1965 samuel.schwisberg@redcross.ca
Students with disabilities requiring academic accommodations in this course must contact a coordinator at the Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities to complete the necessary Letters of Accommodation. After registering with the PMC, make an appointment to meet and discuss your needs with me in order to make the necessary arrangements as early in the term as possible, but no later than two weeks before the first assignment is due or the first test requiring accommodations. For further information, please see: http://www.carleton.ca/pmc/students/accom_policy.html . If you require accommodation for your formally scheduled exam(s) in this course, please submit your request for accommodation to PMC by November 15, 2010 for Fall exams and March 12, 2010 for Winter exams. For Religious and Pregnancy accommodations, please contact Equity Services, x. 5622 or their website: www.carleton.ca/equity
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The laws of Canada relating to banks and banking will be explored within the context of the international and domestic financial systems. Students will be exposed to the constitutional and regulatory framework, including some review of the subprime mortgage/credit crisis, followed by more detailed examination of the laws governing the key relationships among banks, account holders and borrowers. Elements of creditor/debtor law will also be considered. Lecture format: The lectures will generally entail explanation of or elaboration upon the course materials by