LAWS 3001

Women and the Legal Process

0.5 credit · Undergraduate

How the legal process has affected the status of women. Areas of concentration within the Canadian context include the criminal law, citizenship and immigration, education, employment, and welfare and social services.

2026

Topics

| Intro + Conceptualizing Equality
| Feminist and Queer Legal Theories
| Intersectionality and the Law
| Carceral Feminism
| Beyond Sex -Based Rights?
| Queer and Trans (In)Visibility in the Legal
| Emotions and Feminist Legal Activism
| Sexual Assault Trials, #MeToo, and Defamation
| Migration, Citizenship and “Birth Tourism”
| Women and the Carceral State
| Gender and the Legal Profession
| Final Class – Synthesis
Winter term begins.
Last day for academic withdrawal from Winter courses.
Winter term ends.

Prerequisites & course information

Prerequisite(s): 1.0 credit in LAWS at the 2000 level. Lectures three hours a week.

Sources

Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
Women and the Legal Process ↗2026