Gender, Race & Canadian Law

Gender, Race & Canadian Law
Title Gender, Race & Canadian Law PDF eBook
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Publisher Fernwood Publishing
Pages 406
Release 2020-11-26T00:00:00Z
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1773634607

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Gender, Race & Canadian Law explores feminist and critical race approaches to Canadian law. The collection, which is suitable for undergraduate courses, begins with a basic overview of Canadian law and an introduction to critical concepts including “the official version of law,” race and racialization, privilege and heteronormativity. Substantive themes include the Montreal massacre, hegemonic and other masculinities, equality rights, sexual assault and other gendered violence, trans, colonialism, immigration and multiculturalism. Contributors: Constance Backhouse Gillian Balfour Mélissa Blais Karen Busby Wendy Chan Sandra Ka Hon Chu Elizabeth Comack Raewyn Connell Pamela Downe Deborah H. Drake Rod Earle Eve Haque Joanna Harris Margot A. Hurlbert Lisa Marie Jakubowski Peter Knegt Ruth M. Mann Peggy McIntosh Marilou McPhedron Martin Rochlin

Gender, Race & Canadian Law

Gender, Race & Canadian Law
Title Gender, Race & Canadian Law PDF eBook
Author Wayne Andrew Antony
Publisher
Pages 391
Release 2016
Genre Canada
ISBN 9781552669181

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A custom textbook from Fernwood Publishing suitable for undergraduate courses in criminology.

Standing Against Canadian Law

Standing Against Canadian Law
Title Standing Against Canadian Law PDF eBook
Author Patricia Monture-Angus
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Locating Law, 3rd Edition

Locating Law, 3rd Edition
Title Locating Law, 3rd Edition PDF eBook
Author Elizabeth Comack
Publisher Fernwood Publishing
Pages 368
Release 2020-05-27T00:00:00Z
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1773633252

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Praise for the second edition: “This book is the best available for teaching the role of law in society and making sense of how it operates within the (inter)connections of race, class and gender dynamics often perpetuating oppression. … Locating Law is essential for undergraduate students in justice, sociology and criminology.” – Margot Hurlbert, University of Regina “Students regularly tell me that Locating Law is their favourite book out of the selections for the Law and Society course. The case studies are sufficiently different from one another that the students deepen their general knowledge, and they appreciate the fact that the chapters are written in a style they can understand.” – Jennifer Jarman, Lakehead University A primary concern within the study of law has been to understand the “law-society” relation. Underlying this concern is the belief that law has a distinctly social basis; it both shapes – and is shaped by – the society in which it operates. This book explores the law-society relation by locating law within the nexus of race/class/gender/sexuality relations in society. In addition to updating the material in the theoretical and substantive chapters, this third edition of Locating Law includes three new contributions: sentencing law and Aboriginal peoples; corporations and the law; and obscenity and indecency legislation. The analyses offered in the book are sure to generate discussion and debate and, in the process, enhance our understanding of law’s location.

Colour-Coded

Colour-Coded
Title Colour-Coded PDF eBook
Author Constance Backhouse
Publisher University of Toronto Press
Pages 505
Release 1999-11-20
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1442690852

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Historically Canadians have considered themselves to be more or less free of racial prejudice. Although this conception has been challenged in recent years, it has not been completely dispelled. In Colour-Coded, Constance Backhouse illustrates the tenacious hold that white supremacy had on our legal system in the first half of this century, and underscores the damaging legacy of inequality that continues today. Backhouse presents detailed narratives of six court cases, each giving evidence of blatant racism created and enforced through law. The cases focus on Aboriginal, Inuit, Chinese-Canadian, and African-Canadian individuals, taking us from the criminal prosecution of traditional Aboriginal dance to the trial of members of the 'Ku Klux Klan of Kanada.' From thousands of possibilities, Backhouse has selected studies that constitute central moments in the legal history of race in Canada. Her selection also considers a wide range of legal forums, including administrative rulings by municipal councils, criminal trials before police magistrates, and criminal and civil cases heard by the highest courts in the provinces and by the Supreme Court of Canada. The extensive and detailed documentation presented here leaves no doubt that the Canadian legal system played a dominant role in creating and preserving racial discrimination. A central message of this book is that racism is deeply embedded in Canadian history despite Canada's reputation as a raceless society. Winner of the Joseph Brant Award, presented by the Ontario Historical Society

Locating Law

Locating Law
Title Locating Law PDF eBook
Author Elizabeth Comack
Publisher Halifax, [N.S.] : Fernwood Pub.
Pages 0
Release 2005-12-31
Genre Equality before the law
ISBN 9781552662120

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One primary concern within the study of law has been to understand the law/society relation. Underlying this concern is the belief that law has a distinctly social basis; it both shapes and is shaped by the society in which it operates. This book explores the law/society relation by locating law within the nexus of race/class/gender/sexuality relations in society. Recognizing that inequalities along these lines exist in society raises important questions: What role has law historically played in generating today's inequalities? Is law part of the problem or part of the solution? Can we use law as a strategy to achieve meaningful change? The essays in this new edition of Locating Law demonstrate law's role in a variety of specific contexts, including perpetuating colonialism in Canada, protecting corporations and holding women responsible for sexual violence against them. These analyses are sure to generate discussion and debate and, in the process, enhance our understanding of this important relation between law and society.

In the Name of Equality? The Missing Intersection in Canadian Feminists' Legal Mobilization Against Multiculturalism

In the Name of Equality? The Missing Intersection in Canadian Feminists' Legal Mobilization Against Multiculturalism
Title In the Name of Equality? The Missing Intersection in Canadian Feminists' Legal Mobilization Against Multiculturalism PDF eBook
Author Eléonore Lépinard
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Release 2011
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In Canada, women's rights organizations have successfully mobilized the law to foster gender equality. In doing so, they have been constrained by legal understandings of equality and discrimination which have shaped their strategies to seek justice. In return, their mobilization, mainly through litigation, has contributed to craft or to alter legal categories (such as "substantive equality", "women", "sexual harassment" etc.) which in turn sustain their identities and their interests. However, claims made in the name of gender equality raise two issues: they tend to overlook the intersection of gender with other grounds of discrimination such as religion or race/ethnicity, and they tend to conflict with multiculturalism, a value enshrined in Canadian Law. The recent decision taken by the Province of Ontario to ban religious arbitration for family matters offers an illuminating case study of this tension between gender equality and religious rights in the Canadian context. This paper analyzes women's rights activists' legal understandings of gender equality and religious/ethnic discrimination, to explain how these representations have influenced women's mobilization against religious arbitration in Ontario. Bringing together the insights developed by critical legal studies about intersectionality and the study of legal mobilization, this paper explores through a concrete example the tension between feminism and multiculturalism.