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ANTH 471 Anthropology of Law
Cross-cultural study of the operation of law within contested systems of meaning, the social organization of law, and forms of consciousness of the participants in legal/justice practices.
This course is eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. To determine whether you can take this course for Credit/D/Fail grading, visit the Credit/D/Fail website. You must register in the course before you can select the Credit/D/Fail grading option.
Credits: 3
| Status | Section | Activity | Term | Interval | Days | Start Time | End Time | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANTH 471 002 | Web-Oriented Course | 1 | Tue Thu | 9:30 | 11:00 |
Anthropology of Law, 471: This course includes an examination of law cross-culturally, including medieval Iceland and the local Coast Salish peoples, a consideration of underlying concepts in various legal systems, the debates which have concerned anthropologists examining the law, and a detailed look at one legal system, the BC Human Rights Tribunal. Students will carry out original research from BCHRT decisions. Finally, we look at courts as ethnographic sites and interview a sitting judge and a lawyer who specializes in Indigenous womens cases.