Locating Law : Race, Class and Gender Connections

Table of Contents

• Contents 3
• 1
• Acknowledgements 9
• Introduction 11
• Theoretical Approaches in the Sociology of Law 17
• Theoretical Excursions 19
• The Official Version of Law 21
• Traditional Approaches in the Sociology of Law 25
• The Feminist Frameworks 44
• New Challenges for the Sociology of Law 54
• Conclusion 68
• Note 68
• Racism and the Law 69
• Introduction 71
• Standing against Canadian Law: 76
• Resisting the Indian Act 88
• Closing This Circle 93
• Notes 94
• “Managing” Canadian Immigration: 98
• Canadian Immigration: Locating the Economic and Political Context 99
• Nation-Building and the “White Canada” Policy 100
• Section 38(c): Canadian Xenophobia Enshrined in Law 104
• Abandoning the “White Canada” Policy— Fact or Fiction? 108
• Bill C-86 and Beyond: Progressive Change or More of the Same? 115
• The Liberal Agenda for the Future: Final Reflections 121
• Notes 123
• “Good Enough to Work but Not Good Enough to Stay”: 125
• Domestic Workers in Canada: The Early History 127
• Non-British, European Domestic Workers 132
• The Contemporary Situation 142
• Conclusion 150
• Notes 151
• Class Interests and the Law 153
• Introduction 155
• Legal Forms and Social Norms: Class, Gender, and the Legal 160
• Regulation of Women’s Work 160
• in Canada from 1870 to 1920 160
• Capitalism and Contract: Men Workers 164
• Patriarchy and Status: Women Workers 167
• From Patriarchy to Protection: Regulating Women’s Employment 171
• Working within the Family: No Need for Protection 178
• Conclusion: Different Legal Forms and Gendered Social Norms 180
• Notes 182
• Relocating Law: Making Corporate Crime Disappear 183
• The Disappearance of Corporate Crime 186
• Why Does it Matter? 196
• Conclusion 205
• Notes 205
• Poverty Law, Theory, and Practice: 207
• Locating the Poor 210
• Access to Justice 219
• The Law: Sword or Shield for the Poor? 221
• Poverty Law Advocacy 223
• Legal Clinic Practice 226
• Conclusion 228
• Notes 228
• Gender, Sexuality, 231
• and the Law 231
• Introduction 233
• Feminism, Law, and “the Family”: Assessing the Reform Legacy 236
• First-Wave Reforms: Maternal Feminism 237
• Second-Wave Reforms: Liberal Feminism 245
• Prospects for “Reform” in the Neo-Liberal State 256
• Note 259
• “Not a Victim until a Conviction Is Entered”: 260
• Prosecutions and Legal “Truth” 260
• Foundational Rules of Criminal Law 262
• The Role of the Crown Attorney 267
• The Specific Elements of Sexual Offences 268
• General Evidence Rules 271
• Special Evidence Rules for Sexual Violence Cases 275
• Conclusion 284
• Notes 287
• Obscenity, Gender, and the Law 289
• Defining Pornography 290
• The Historical Backdrop 291
• Challenging Obscenity Law in the 1980s 299
• The Supreme Court Decision 306
• Post-Butler: Obscenity Law in the 1990s 309
• Conclusion 313
• Notes 314
• References 317
• Legislation and Case Law Cited 350