SOSC 1350 Study Guide - Lorde, Toronto Star, Implied Consent
11 Dec 2014
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The official version of the law: as defined by nafine, the official version of law is how the law sees itself as being unbiased, neutral and value free. As depicted by lady justice who is blindfolded to represent the law does not take into recognition class, age, sex, race, ethnicity or other distinction. Case law: also known as judge made law, judges interpret the law and use precedent (looking at prior cases) to reach an outcome rather than using written statutes and/or legislature. Therefore prior judge"s decisions are binding on current and future judges (september 17 lecture). Gender: gender is a form of social construction assigned to someone because of their biology but does not in fact have anything to do with their biology. It is involved with a host of social and cultural meanings (september 24 lecture). Transgender: this is when someone"s self-gender does not identify or correspond with their genitalia.
