LY100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sex Offender, Intersectionality, Vigilante
Document Summary
~ denaturalizes taken for granted parts of our social worlds - current situations arise from past decisions. How things came to be as they are today. ~ makes us challenge or reflect on the idea of progress - what did or didn"t work. ~ history is a lens that allows us to focus on fixed problems or challenge them. ~ vantage point to look at a proposal, what it the evidence of what happened before. ~ common law, statutes based on precedents set from the past. ~ so we don"t make the same mistake again. ~ when - written 1992 - events 1895. ~ what perspectives did author bring - feminist, history and philosophy of law and justice. ~ where - canada wide - relation with america. ~ what legal process involved - how is legislation enacted. ~ what perspectives did author bring - history of science, studied gender.
