SOSC 1375 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Poor Relief, Disorderly House, Neoliberalism

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1375
• Professor: Stanley Tweyman

Document Summary

Legal geography: policing poverty through the regulation of public space. Protect society, social order, enables us to be safe, tells us what is right/wrong, (no universal purpose) Marcus aurelius: poverty is the mother of crime . Old prejudice: the poor are a dangerous lot who will stoop to criminality if given the opportunity. This became unpopular because in the twentieth century, every man and woman was considered equal. Anatole france: the law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread . Liberal notion of justice: we must all be treated equally. Distinction between the formal side of the law (how the law reads) and it"s actual impact/purpose. The law itself will not tell you anything. Laws regulating the use of space signify function of space + citizenship.