SOC323H5 Lecture Notes - Cannabis Law Reform, Critical Race Theory, Toronto Star
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Office hours: mondays 3:15 to 4:15 and tuesdays, 12:30pm-1:30pm. This course asks students to think critically about the role of law in society. The course encourages students to reflect critically on the complexities of canadian law, and, in particular, on how legal processes both influence and are shaped by social, political, and economic relations. This course is designed to advance students" knowledge of the complexity of law, its methods, and its theoretical debates by focusing on two main themes: the culture of rights and the regulation of morality. Part one will focus on classical and contemporary socio-legal theories. Part two will review the canadian charter of. Rights and freedoms and examine recent supreme court cases. A main objective of the course is to teach students how to draw on theoretical frameworks to analyze contemporary socio-legal debates. A range of topics are discussed, including the regulation of abortion, prostitution, drugs, obscenity, gay rights, homelessness and hiv non-disclosure.
