Academic Calendar 2015/2016 - Law, Power and Justice

GEND 2146  Law, Power and Justice

Prerequisites:

Any 18 credits completed.

Hours:

Three hours of lecture per week for one term.

Credits:

3

Description:

What is the relationship between law, power and justice? How do systems of law create or reinforce inequalities? What is the emancipatory potential of law? In this course, we examine various critical approaches in understanding the practice and organization of law and legal institutions. We explore the dual nature of law as both a system of power and a means to challenge existing relations of power. Topics may include the intersections between law, justice and gender, race, class, sexuality, or disability. This course may be credited towards Social Welfare and Social Development.