LAWS 3503

Equality and Discrimination

0.5 credit · Undergraduate

Human rights issues and law in Canada; history and present day experiences of discrimination; critical exploration of laws effectiveness in responding to discrimination; meaning(s) of equality and discrimination; focus on Human Rights Codes - interpretation, administration, enforcement with some reference to s.15 of the Charter.

2025

Topics

Fall term begins.
The Idea of Justice Rawls, John. (2001) Justice As
Civil Rights (and Cook, B. (2013) “Double
Smart, Carol. (1989) Feminism
The Power of Law & Legal and the Power of Law.
Objectification, Bias, and Smith, Dorothy. (1987) “Beyond
Redistribution vs. Nancy Fraser “Redistribution or

Prerequisites & course information

Prerequisite(s): (0.5 credit from LAWS 2105 , LAWS 2302 , LAWS 2502 ) and 0.5 credit in LAWS at the 2000 level. Lectures three hours a week.

Sources

Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
Equality and Discrimination ↗2025