SOSC 1341 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Poor Relief, Moodle, Market Discipline

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1341
• Professor: Olena Kobzar

Document Summary

Legal geography: policing poverty through the regulation of public space. 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. 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 . We must all be treated equally before the law. When you look at the law, you should look at how it applies to. Distinction between the formal side of the law (how the law reads) and it"s actual impact/purpose. Laws regulating the use of space signify function of space + citizenship. History of vagrancy law tells us volumes about the changing conception of urban citizenship. Dictionary definition of vagrant: someone who"s both homeless and jobless and earns a living by begging.