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LY 405
This course explores the governance of poverty by law in Canada. The course will examine welfare laws, WSIB laws and regulations, housing laws, debt and related systems of laws designed to regulate the lives of the poor. Issues such as access to justice, gender and race, power relations in the construction and application of law, the impacts upon fundamental freedoms and life chances are explored within the context of the legal structures which impact upon the poor. Prerequisite: Registration Status: Year 3 or Year 4 Honours Law & Society.