CML 3137 Critical Race Theory
3 units
Common Law
Faculty of Law - Common Law
Exploration of the burgeoning dynamic body of legal scholarship known as "Critical Race Theory." Analysis of the concept of "race" and how it is constructed in Western law and society. Examination of how power and privilege are commonly "race based" and interact with other "intersectionalities". Critical analysis of the notion that "law" is objective, technical, and apolitical as well as the role of the law in creating and re-enforcing inequity.
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Lecture
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Winter