An examination of contemporary perspectives on justice through the lens of practical political issues in Canada and the international arena. Topics may include: multiculturalism, ethnic conflict, racism, sexism, nationalism, cosmopolitanism, human rights, and 'humanitarian' intervention.
Crosslisted: GL/PHIL 3633 An exploration of a range of philosophical questions raised by the practice of legal punishment, including: What justifies imposing punishment upon those who break the law? What assumptions about the responsibility of individuals are implicit in our punishment practices?
Crosslisted: GL/PHIL 2925, AP/PHIL 2050 This introductory course in the philosophy of law provides students with the opportunity to explore several general theories about the nature of law, including natural law theory, legal positivism, interpretivism, legal realism, critical race theory, and legal pluralism. Such theories investigate, in different ways and with different emphases, law's relation […]
Course explores ways in which the discipline of linguistics can shed light on the use of language in the legal system. Topics include the special characteristics of written legal language, spoken language in the courtroom and linguists as expert witnesses.
Examines aspects of the relationships between law and morality in literary, filmic and philosophical works from Ancient Greece to the Modern Word and in several modern court cases.
This course addresses inequality and domination, resistance and collective empowerment, in Canada and beyond, and examines the historical importance and the contemporary relevance of struggles to overcome inequality and injustice.
Crosslisted: AP/HREQ Prior to Fall/Winter 2018: 3010, AP/POLS 3255 6.00 Prior to Fall/Winter 2018 This course examines how dominant state and corporate entities form an imperial network of global power relations that further economic class division, racial discrimination and refugee migration, as well as a perpetual war economy. The course pays special attention to the […]
With special attention to new methods and issues, this seminar examines Canadian history through a topical lens. This course is restricted to History, Canadian Studies or Criminology Honours majors and minors who have successfully completed at least 84 credits.
Examines the Canadian and American criminal justice systems from the mid-19th through late 20th century. The course focuses on important trials - such as Lizzie Borden (1892), the ""Scottsboro Boys"" (1931), and Steven Truscott (1959) - and how our explanations of these crimes are shaped by factors such as politics and the popular press, racial […]
Examines the geographic understanding of nature-society relationships. We review popular and scientific theories of environmental change, conflict and conservation, and examine the role that politics and power play in shaping ecological problems and issues.