SOSC 1375 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Doxa, Potlatch, Narratology
13 Sep 2016
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Format: match up - several terms (2 marks, short definitions - 5 terms (5 marks) Two sentences: cases - choose 3 cases out of five (6 x 3 = 18) R. v. daviault: daviault, alcohol as a disease. Treated it as a disease so they reduced his sentence, causing an outcry. R. v. stone: he argued three things: insane automatism, non-insane automatism, lack of intent, and provocation, the court allowed automatism because a sane person wouldn"t stab someone 47 times. R. v. gladue: gladue stabbed her boyfriend to death, aboriginals shouldn"t get punished as much as. Christopher pauchay: culpability and responsibilities, difference. Socio-legal studies: socio-legal studies is interested in the relationship of law to society - both in the sense of how social norms and values underlying existing laws. Structure of courts: outline of canada"s court system. Law as narratology: doxa and how we tell the story.
