CRIM 332 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Rape Crisis Center, Equal Protection Clause, Critical Race Theory
18 Aug 2018
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Where is the law: everywhere, shapes our world. Now marijuana is more acceptable and is on its way to being legalized: example 3: abortion, example 4: same sex marriage, dynamic not static (change with time, reciprocal (society and the law) Culturally specific: competing interpretations of the law, diverse interpretations and definitions of legal behavior, canada variation, jurisdictional variation, differential enforcement, first nations communities, quebec, religious groups. Scc r. v. carter 2015: kate carter & gloria taylor, physician assisted suicide. Law is a social process: relationship between social and legal change, effect of group membership on experience and legal outcomes, sociology of law- what factors matter in what kinds of situations. The canadian rights revolution: related to concepts of equality. What defines a nation: we are a people with a right to culture, our unity as a people must be derived from common principles rather than shared historically, social welfare rights, universal healthcare, language rights.
