SOC323H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Feminist Legal Theory, Capital Accumulation, Legal Formalism
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Soc323 lecture 3 classical legal (continued) & contemporary legal. Focus of analysis was social inequalities (class and equality), didn"t actually talk about law but others used his ideas and applied them to law. Critiqued industrious society society is full of conflict, antagonism, and exploitation; didn"t comprise of stability. Mitt romney asked about his tax policies: didn"t want to increase on middle income which he thought was 200-250k/year but actually is 150 (canada is 69) (family income) his own is 2million (family) Powerful make laws to reflect interests of their own, not those of average people. Legal sys is much like economic sys reflect interests of dominant who are the elite, upper class (bourgeoisie), those who own 5% of pop own economy. Marx rejected capitalism b/c it concealed domination of higher class & workers believe they are free when they are not and are actually being dominated.
