LAWS 2301 Lecture : Crim Class 5.doc
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October 14, 2011: criticisms/debates/strategies re perspectives, feminist perspectives, reference points, constitutional definition of crime, hogg article, macneil & rio hotel case, codification ewaschuck, midterm. Critical: acts defined as criminal because they offend fundamental values of society, acts defined as criminal because it is in the interests of advantaged groups. Criticisms of consensus view: does not represent way the system works. Debates within consensus: search for better technical solutions, how to redefine and reinvent goals and principles for the criminal justices system, make planning more long term/more open, and less political/secret, call for greater input into the reform process. If nothing works, what do you do: how to explain advances in criminal law system in the last 200 years? (no hangings, whippings etc anymore). Progress in law (sexual assault, domestic violence etc) **refracted nature of the law (carol smart) don"t know how law will work class.