CRIM 3305

Students will learn about the relationship of law to different social and political structures. They will study the processes of making, enforcing, and reforming law, from different sociological, historical, and jurisprudential perspectives. Students will study the development of public opinion about law within communities and in the broader society, and the role of social movements in law reform. They will consider the role of legal reform in defining crime and deviance. Examination of the intersection between law and society will be positioned in Canada and in select jurisdictions across the world.