SOSC 1375 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Neoliberalism, Disorderly House, Poor Relief
8 Feb 2016
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Legal geography: policing poverty through the regulation of public space. To punish those we break the law, to protect innocent citizens. Marcus aurelius: poverty is the mother of crime . Liberal notion of justice: we must all be treated equally before the law. Distinction between formal side of the law how the law reads and its actual impact/purpose. 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 . 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. Citizenship in the city urban subjectivity (on exam) History of vagrancy law tells us volumes about the changing the conception of urban citizenship. Dictionary definition of vagrant: someone who is both homeless and jobless and earns a living by begging.
