LAWS 1017

This course introduces African Nova Scotian legal history and its shaping of contemporary African Nova Scotian legal issues; and critical race theory, which provides a lens through which to analyze race as a social construct that has infused the foundations and ongoing application of Canadian law. Key course objectives are: (1) to enhance critical thinking; (2) to understand the law’s role in constituting African Nova Scotians as a distinct people; (3) to understand the central legal issues impacting African Nova Scotians, and by extension people of African descent; (4) to understand critical race theory and its basic tenets, including the role that law and legal education play in creating and reinscribing anti-Black racism; (5) to raise awareness about the law’s role in establishing and perpetuating of other forms of racism in Canada; and (6) to develop cultural competency skills within the context of professional obligations.