Readings by Unit
Here you’ll find all assigned readings for the course listed alphabetically by course unit.
Origin Stories: Property, Sovereignty and Imperialism
Unit 1: 23 Sept / 28 Sept / 5 Oct 2026
- Armorie v Delamirie, (1772) KB, 1 Strange 505, 93 ER 64
- Charter of the Hudson Bay Company (1670)
- James [sákéj] Youngblood Henderson, Míkmaw Tenure in Atlantic Canada
- John Locke, Second Treatise on Government (1690)
- Keeble v Hickeringill, (1707) 103 Eng Rep 1127, 11 East 574 (QB)
- Keron v Cashman, 33 A. 1055 , 1056 (Jan 11, 1896)
- Peace and Friendship Treaty (1725)
- Peace and Friendship Treaty (1752)
- Pierson v Post, (1805) 3 Caines 175
- Ratione Soli
- Robert Hale, Coercion and Distribution in a Supposedly Non-Coercive State
- Royal Proclamation (1763)
- Wildlife Act, RSNS 1989, c 504
Settler Colonialism, Federalism and State Power
Unit 2: 7 Oct / 14 Oct / 19 Oct / 21 Oct 2026
- A Brief Overview of Feudal Land Tenure
- Basic Estates and Future Interests
- Blackburn v McCallum, 1903 CanLII 68 (SCC), [1903] 33 SCR 65
- Clift v Kane, (1870), 5 Nfld LR (en banc)
- House of Commons Debate (Rivers and Streams Bill, 1881)
- Johnson v McIntosh,
- Land Back - A Yellowhead Institute Red Paper
- McLaren v Caldwell et al, 1880 CanLII 12 (ON CA), (1881), 6 OAR 456 (CA), 1882 CanLII 3 (SCC), [1882] 8 SCR 435
- R v Syliboy, 1928 CanLII 352 (NSSC)
- Rivers and Streams Act, (1881), c 11
- Royal Proclamation (1763)
- St. Catherine's Milling and Lumber Co. v R, (1886), 10 OR 196 (HC); [1887] 13 SCR 577; [1888] UKPC 70 (JCPC)
Industrialization, Market Liberalism and Land Use at the Turn of the Century
Unit 3: 26 Oct / 28 Oct / 2 Nov / 4 Nov 2026
- An Intro to Nuisance
- Austerberry v Corporation of Oldham, [1885] 29 ChD 750
- Black v Canadian Copper Co., (1917), Archives of Ontario, RG 80-6-0-22
- Canada Paper Co v Brown, 1922 CanLII 585 (SCC), [1922] 63 SCR 243
- Keppell v Bailey, [1834] EWHC Ch J77
- Shelfer v City of London Electrical Lighting Co., [1895] 1 Ch 287
- Tulk v Moxhay, (1848), 41 ER 1143 (Ch)
- Victoria Park Racing and Recreational Grounds Co Ltd v Taylor , (1937), 58 CLR 479
Property, Citizenship and Generational Inequality
Unit 4: 8 Nov / 16 Nov / 23 Nov / 25 Nov 2026
- Blackburn v McCallum, 1903 CanLII 68 (SCC), [1903] 33 SCR 65
- Conveyancing Act, RSNS 1989, c 97
- Duthie v Gallagher & Duthie, 1930 CanLII 306 (BC SC)
- Introduction to Trusts
- Iwasaki v R, 1968 CanLII 1297 (CA EXC), 1 Ex CR 281
- Re Walker, (1925), 56 OLR 517
- Stuartburn (Municipality) v Kiansky, 2001 MBQB 94 (CanLII)
- The Unlawful Dispossession of Japanese Canadians
- Wills Act, RSNS 1989, c 505
Urbanization and Land Use Control in an Urbanizing Canada
Unit 5: 23 Feb / 25 Feb 2026
- Annapolis Group Inc. v Halifax Regional Municipality, 2022 SCC 36
- Canadian Pacific Railway Co. v Vancouver (City), 2006 SCC 5 (CanLII)
- Expropriation Act, RSNS 1989, c 156
- Mariner Real Estate Ltd v Nova Scotia (Attorney General), 1999 NSCA 98 (CanLII)
- Planning Act, CCSM, c P80
- R v Cappy, 1952 CarswellOnt 287, 1952 CanLII 280 (ON CA)
- Saint-Romuald (City) v Olivier, 2001 SCC 57 (CanLII), [2001] 2 SCR 898
Housing, Public Space and the Social Welfare State
Unit 6: 23 Feb / 25 Feb 2026
Indigenous Title and Governance in the Contemporary Colonial State
Unit 7: 23 Feb / 25 Feb 2026
Community, the Market and Commodification
Unit 8: 23 Feb / 25 Feb 2026