FEM 3104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Health Care In Canada, Feminist Legal Theory, Birth Certificate

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: FEM 3104
• Professor: Darren O' Toole

Document Summary

Drivers license: height, birth date, age. Legal or not: my picture, full name. Passport: able to leave canada, where i have been. Birth certificate: where and when i was born, hospital. Health card: access to canadian health care system. Credit and debit cards: under my name and access to my bank account and finances. Uottawa student card: shows where i go to school, my level of education. Gap card: shows my current employers and where i work. Jurisprudence asks what is law: fundamental question of jurisprudence (cid:858)ho(cid:449)(cid:859) a(cid:374)d (cid:858)(cid:449)hy(cid:859) of la(cid:449), de(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, i(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374)s. Criticisms of law (baer, 2011: developed by men, wo(cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:859)s li(cid:448)es differe(cid:374)t fro(cid:373) (cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:859)s, does (cid:374)ot reflect (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:859)s perspecti(cid:448)es. Having self on paper may not be that great does(cid:374)(cid:859)t al(cid:449)ays tra(cid:374)slate i(cid:374)to equality and social inclusion. Law has been written by men and also reflects their ways. First wave feminism critiqued this way of the law.