Locating Law 3rd Edition

Author : Elizabeth Comack
Publisher : Halifax, [N.S.] : Fernwood Pub.
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2005-12-31
Category : Equality before the law
ISBN : 1552662128

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Locating Law by Elizabeth Comack Pdf

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.

Author : Elizabeth Comack
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-27T00:00:00Z
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781773633251

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Locating Law, 3rd Edition by Elizabeth Comack Pdf

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.

Author : Elizabeth Comack,Lawrence Deane,Larry Morrissette,Jim Silver
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-26T00:00:00Z
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781773634616

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“Indians Wear Red” by Elizabeth Comack,Lawrence Deane,Larry Morrissette,Jim Silver Pdf

With the advent of Aboriginal street gangs such as Indian Posse, Manitoba Warriors, and Native Syndicate, Winnipeg garnered a reputation as the “gang capital of Canada.” Yet beyond the stereotypes of outsiders, little is known about these street gangs and the factors and conditions that have produced them. “Indians Wear Red” locates Aboriginal street gangs in the context of the racialized poverty that has become entrenched in the colonized space of Winnipeg’s North End. Drawing upon extensive interviews with Aboriginal street gang members as well as with Aboriginal women and elders, the authors develop an understanding from “inside” the inner city and through the voices of Aboriginal people – especially street gang members themselves. While economic restructuring and neo-liberal state responses can account for the global proliferation of street gangs, the authors argue that colonialism is a crucial factor in the Canadian context, particularly in western Canadian urban centres. Young Aboriginal people have resisted their social and economic exclusion by acting collectively as “Indians.” But just as colonialism is destructive, so too are street gang activities, including the illegal trade in drugs. Solutions lie not in “quick fixes” or “getting tough on crime” but in decolonization: re-connecting Aboriginal people with their cultures and building communities in which they can safely live and work.

Author : Susan J. Buck
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781610911184

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Understanding Environmental Administration and Law, 3rd Edition by Susan J. Buck Pdf

Understanding Environmental Administration and Law provides an engaging, introductory overview of environmental policy. Author Susan J. Buck explores the process through which policy is made, the political environment in which it is applied, and the statutory and case laws that are critical to working within the regulatory system. This revised and expanded third edition adds case studies that help bring the subject to life and includes new material on: the Bush Administration and its approach to administering environmental laws the continuing evolution of environmentalism and the changing role of environmental regulation in the !--?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /--United States the development and implementation of environmental agreements at the international level the impacts and implications of globalization Understanding Environmental Administration and Law provides a framework for understanding the law as a managerial tool.

Author : Elizabeth Comack
Publisher : Halifax : Fernwood Pub.
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Abused women
ISBN : 189568661X

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Women in Trouble by Elizabeth Comack Pdf

Based on interviews with 24 women incarcerated in a Canadian provincial prison for a range of offenses, this book examines the experiences of these women and the factors that influenced their criminal behaviour. The first chapter addresses the issue of how to situate women's law violations and discusses the theoretical framework of the study. Four of the women's stories are introduced to explore the benefits of beginning with women's own accounts of their troubles with the law. The author notes that her approach combines socialist feminism and standpoint feminism. While socialist feminism incorporates an analysis of the structural features that impact women's lives (capitalism, patriarchy, and racism), standpoint feminism provides a way of approaching how those structures are worked out in women's everyday experiences. The chapter concludes with a discussion of why abuse has been chosen as the primary factor for understanding the lives of the women in the prison. The second chapter focuses on the women's histories of abuse. The discussion is divided into two parts : childhood experiences and experiences as adults. Each part uses the women's stories to reveal the various forms that abuse has taken. Chapter Three considers the ways in which the women's law violations connect with their abuse experiences, followed by a chapter that concentrates on the women's experiences of prison. Using the women's own accounts as a guide, the author examines whether or not the experience of prison enables the women to resolve their troubles. Prison can be interpreted as a reinforcement, and deepening, of the oppression that has pervaded their lives. Many, however, report that the corrections system has provided resources and direction for addressing their problems.

Author : K.C. PETER C. MCVEY,M. Ann Levangie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Children
ISBN : 0433529296

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ANNOTATED CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES ACT. by K.C. PETER C. MCVEY,M. Ann Levangie Pdf

Author : Tamra Alexander,Pat Papadeas,Kathryn J. Filsinger,Laurence M. Olivo,Nora Rock,Camilla Wheeler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02
Category : Commercial law
ISBN : 177255281X

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Canadian Business Law by Tamra Alexander,Pat Papadeas,Kathryn J. Filsinger,Laurence M. Olivo,Nora Rock,Camilla Wheeler Pdf

Author : Elizabeth Comack
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : SOCIAL SCIENCE
ISBN : 1773630105

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Coming Back to Jail by Elizabeth Comack Pdf

Drawing on the stories of forty-two incarcerated women, Coming Back to Jail broadens the focus to examine the role of trauma in the women's lives.

Author : Amy E. Sloan
Publisher : Aspen Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Legal research
ISBN : 1454886498

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Researching the Law by Amy E. Sloan Pdf

Buy anew versionof this Connected Casebook and receiveaccessto theonline e-book, practice questionsfrom your favorite study aids, and anoutline toolon CasebookConnect, the all in one learning solution for law school students. CasebookConnect offers you what you need most to be successful in your law school classes - portability, meaningful feedback, and greater efficiency. Concise new title by the top author in legal research. Focuses onpre-and post-search analysis for effectively filtering vast amounts of material. Teaches students how to identify the most pertinent and authoritative information to solve a legal problem. Features: Concise, reasonably priced new title from the top legal research author. Approaches legal research as a filtering process to identify the most pertinent and authoritative information from vast search results. Part I: Explains how to define a research question; pre-filter content before beginning a search; conduct research; and establish post-search criteria for filtering results. Part II: Describes essential features of individual sources of authority and search strategies unique to each source. Part III: Contains research flowcharts to help students plan research strategy for different types of research projects. Contains all information students need to learn fundamental principles of legal research. Can also be used to complement other texts and classroom materials. Not simply a shorter version of Basic Legal Research. Looks at research as a process of filtering the available information, rather than as a process that requires first choosing the right source of authority to solve a legal problem. CasebookConnectfeatures: ONLINE E-BOOK Law school comes with a lot of reading, so access your enhanced e-book anytime, anywhere to keep up with your coursework. Highlight, take notes in the margins, and search the full text to quickly find coverage of legal topics. PRACTICE QUESTIONS Quiz yourself before class and prep for your exam in the Study Center. Practice questions fromExamples & Explanations, Emanuel Law Outlines, Emanuel Law in a Flashflashcards, and other best-selling study aid series help you study for exams while tracking your strengths and weaknesses to help optimize your study time. OUTLINE TOOL Most professors will tell you that starting your outline early is key to being successful in your law school classes. The Outline Tool automatically populates your notes and highlights from the e-book into an editable format to accelerate your outline creation and increase study time later in the semester.

Author : Nickolas James,Rachael Field,Jackson Walkden-Brown
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 515 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781394184385

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The New Lawyer, Print and Interactive E-Text by Nickolas James,Rachael Field,Jackson Walkden-Brown Pdf

Author : Carolyn Brooks,Bernard Schissel
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-13T00:00:00Z
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781773635248

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Marginality and Condemnation, 3rd Edition by Carolyn Brooks,Bernard Schissel Pdf

**Includes test bank and PowerPoint slides for professors who have adopted the text in their course. Contact [email protected] for more information. ** This well-received criminology textbook, now in its third edition, argues that crime must be understood as both a social and a political phenomenon. Using this lens, Marginality and Condemnation contends that what is defined as criminal, how we respond to “crime” and why individuals behave in anti-social ways are often the result of individual and systemic social inequalities and disparities in power. Beginning with an overview of criminological discourse, mainstream approaches and new directions in criminological theory, the book is then divided into sections, based on key social inequalities of class, gender, race and age, each of which begins with an outline of the general issues for understanding crime and an introduction that guides readers through the empirical chapters that follow. The studies provide insights into general issues in criminology, ranging from the historical and current nature of crime and criminal justice to the various responses to criminality. Readers are encouraged and challenged to understand crime and justice through concrete analyses rather than abstract argumentation. In addition to a new introductory chapter that confronts how we define crime, measure crime, and understand and use criminology in this millennium, the third edition provides new chapters examining crime in relation to the environment, terrorism, masculinity, children and youth, and Aboriginal gangs and the legacy of colonialism.

Author : Annice Blair,Kathleen Ryan Elliott
Publisher : Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : International law
ISBN : 0195420489

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Canadian and International Law by Annice Blair,Kathleen Ryan Elliott Pdf

This dynamic full-colour text actively engages students in their exploration of Canadian law and its social, political, and global ramifications. Canadian and International Law connects the historical roots of law to issues in contemporary society. Developed and tested by highly experienced teachers, subject specialists, and students for maximum classroom applicability. This text is sufficiently rigorous for university prep, yet has been designed to meet the language and interests of grade 12 students.

Author : John Swaigen,Liz Nastasi,Deborah Pressman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Administrative law
ISBN : 1772555045

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Administrative Law by John Swaigen,Liz Nastasi,Deborah Pressman Pdf

Administrative Law: Principles and Advocacy,Fourth Edition teaches students the fundamental principles of administrative law. Through simple language and practical examples, students will understand key legal issues and learn how to successfully argue cases before administrative tribunals. The fourth edition is divided into three parts: Principles and Theory, Advocacy, and Challenging Administrative Decision-Making and Enforcing Orders. Part I introduces students to fundamental administrative law principles, such as the right to be heard and the duty to give reasons, with an emphasis on procedural fairness. Part II examines effective advocacy and outlines procedures at every stage of the hearing process, including presenting evidence at a hearing and conduct outside of the hearing. Part III addresses issues that may arise after proceedings and steps that must then be taken. Authors Liz Nastasi and Deborah Pressman have provided important legislative and pedagogical updates to the fourth edition. These cover major developments such as the rise of active adjudication, new dispute resolution processes that encourage mediation, and online processes.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-26T00:00:00Z
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781773634609

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Gender, Race & Canadian Law by Anonim Pdf

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

Author : Shirley Gilmore
Publisher : PULP
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-05
Category : Internet research
ISBN : 9781920538286

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PULP Guide: Finding legal information by Shirley Gilmore Pdf

The PULP Guide is aimed at assisting researchers who are based in South Africa and who have an interest in South African law to access the sources of the law.