WOME 3357
Law and Women's Lives
Fall 2024
Topics
- th: Introduction
- o Excerpt from Creating a Seat at the Table: Reflections from Women in Law
- th: Feminist Foundations
- o “Toward Feminist Jurisprudence,” by Catharine MacKinnon
- o “The Feminist Frameworks,” edited by Elizabeth Comack
- rd: Decolonizing Feminist Foundations
- o “i’m an indigenous feminist — and i’m angry,” by Jessica Yee
- Chandra Mohanty
- th: The Persons Case, The Constitution, and The Charter
- o Look over: The Persons Case, Edwards v . Canada (appeal)
- Diana Majury
- th: Indigenous Relations and Law
- o My Name is Kahentiiosta, by Alanis Obomsawin
- Recognition and Rights Framework,” by Sherry Pictou
- st: Reproductive Justice
- o “The Coercive Sterilization of Aboriginal Women in Canada,” by Karen Stote
- o Democracy on Trial: The Morgentaler Affair, by Paul Cowan
- th: 2SLGBTQIA+ and the Law
- SLGBTQQIA People,” by Alana Robert
- Karen Pearlston
- Kimberly Nixon,” by Lori Chambers
- o Supplementary: Someone Like Me, by Sean Horlor and Steve J. Adams
- th: Sex Work and Labour Equity
- o Naomi Sayers, “The (Un)Constitutionality of PCEPA”
- o Buying Sex, by Teresa MacInnes and Kent Nason
Readings
- o “Toward Feminist Jurisprudence,” by Catharine MacKinnon o “The Feminist Frameworks,” edited by Elizabeth Comack
- o “i’m an indigenous feminist — and i’m angry,” by Jessica Yee o “Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourses,” by Chandra Mohanty
- o Look over: The Persons Case, Edwards v . Canada (appeal) o “The Charter, Equality Rights, and Women: Equivocation and Celebration,” by Diana Majury
- o My Name is Kahentiiosta, by Alanis Obomsawin o “Decolonizing Decolonization: An Indigenous Feminist Perspective on the Recognition and Rights Framework,” by Sherry Pictou
- o “The Coercive Sterilization of Aboriginal Women in Canada,” by Karen Stote o Democracy on Trial: The Morgentaler Affair, by Paul Cowan
- o “Using the Legal System to Advance Equality for Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA People,” by Alana Robert o “Something More: The State’s Place in the Bedrooms of Lesbian Nation,” by Karen Pearlston o “Unprincipled Exclusions: Transgender Jurisprudence, Feminist Theory and Kimberly Nixon,” by Lori Chambers o Supplementary: Someone Like Me, by Sean Horlor and Steve J. Adams
- o Naomi Sayers, “The (Un)Constitutionality of PCEPA” o Buying Sex, by Teresa MacInnes and Kent Nason
- o Conviction by Nance Ackerman, Ariella Pahlke and Teresa MacInnes o “Toward a Feminist Theory of Disability,” by Susan Wendell
- o “Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes,’” by Rosemary Grey et al. o “Transforming Human Rights from a Feminist Perspective,” by Charlotte Bunch
- o “The Art of Braiding Indigenous Peoples’ Inherent Human Rights into the Law of Nation States,” by James (Sa’ke’j) Youngblood Henderson o “International Law and International Relations,” by Beth Simmons
- o There’s Something in the Water, by Elliot Page and Ian Daniel
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- syllabus ↗Fall 2024
- Course source ↗
- Additional readings or course materials are supplied through the course site or course pack.