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Law and Society, Faculty of Arts

LASO: Law and Society


  1. LASO 204 (3) Introduction to Law and Society

    Ideas, concepts, and frameworks for thinking about the nature of law and legal processes in both Canadian and global contexts.

  2. LASO 309 (3) Against the Law

    Competing approaches to law and legal authority shaped by conflicts over historical and contemporary inequalities, including the exercise of and challenges to coercive law enforcement and claims made for legal redress.

  3. LASO 350 (3-12) d Topics in Law and Society

    Interdisciplinary approaches to topics such as the purpose of law, retribution and punishment, restorative justice, ethics, property ownership, human rights, gender equality, legal change, or civil disobedience.


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