LAWS 3306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Brothel, Private Prosecution, Henry Morgentaler
10 Mar 2017
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Critique of packer"s theory; very contextual he wrote at a time before the rise of feminism did not speak on feminism at all. Since packer, the concept of harm has been expanded used to be limited to physical harm but now includes: risk of future violence, psychological damage because of anxiety or fear, anything contributing to unequal societal relations. This expansion of harm has implicated the role of the state in protecting people from harm. Canada has become much more receptive than the us for this reason. Shift more towards accused dp rights vs groups of victims and potential victims: change in political case . Pluralistic politics of victim"s rights there are debates within the groups of people who are lobbying for the same thing example: 2 different opinions about assisted suicide coming from the same group of people: prostitution.
