SOC323H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Moral Panic, John Yoo, Jury Trial
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Marxist critique suggests that law doesn"t work to benefit powerful b/c it"s a system of arguments; surprises happen despite carefully controlled processes. Talking about creative aspect of the law, but we still need the law. Where do we see elements of loo"s typology @ work. French law itself is form of oppression; women wearing burqa are forced to take it off. She"s prepared to be captured by the state. Irony: law is being done b/c women are oppressed . French law is supposed to be doing something more. Law is seductive: she"s prepared to battle in court. Burqa is understood as a symbol of interolerance. That context doesn"t matter what matters is choice + coercion. Look for space b/w geneva convention + torture. Male rate was going down so it looked like girl"s rates going up. Tracy = severely disabled in pain so father asphyxiated her. Noble trying to address is there constitutional exemption from secondary minimum".
