Women's Studies 2270A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Canadian Human Rights Act, Radical Feminism, Men...
3 Feb 2017
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Feminist legal strategy --> then to cases as examples. Readings: commonality between two readings why are the two readings together on the syllabus: both about lesbian and gay rights similar content. Differences: palett left off in terms of social developments palett"s is a celebratory article legal successes not entirely line up pretty well with the feminist strategies she suggested. Other article: critical seeming divergence and legal achievements don"t always match up well with feminist legal strategy. Pellatt talks about her involvement with the: Strategy of women"s legal action and education fund (leaf) Founded by feminist lawyers responsible for introducing sexuality equality sec 15, 1 and 8. when questions of the charter came before the supreme court they would stick to feminist goals. Law = generally resistant to change: sometimes good, sometimes back. Usually this is a good thing in part because we want our lives are going to be fairly predictable also prevents in theory sweeping regime changes.
