Law and Society
Founding editor: W. Wesley Pue
The Law and Society Series explores law as a socially embedded phenomenon. It is premised on the understanding that the conventional division of law from society creates false dichotomies in thinking, scholarship, educational practice, and social life. Books in the series treat law and society as mutually constitutive and seek to bridge scholarship emerging from interdisciplinary engagement of law with disciplines such as politics, social theory, history, political economy, and gender studies.
From UI to EI
Waging War on the Welfare State
From UI to EI examines the history of Canada’s unemployment insurance system and the rights it grants to the unemployed.
The Courts and the Colonies
The Litigation of Hutterite Church Disputes
A detailed account of the litigation between various Hutterite factions and colonies in Manitoba and the US that led to a major division in the 1990s.
Compulsory Compassion
A Critique of Restorative Justice
A multi-faceted consideration and critique of the compelling and emotionally seductive rhetoric of restorative justice.
Feminist Activism in the Supreme Court
Legal Mobilization and the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund
A cogent analysis of legal mobilization as a strategy for social and activist movements.
People and Place
Historical Influences on Legal Culture
Collective Insecurity
The Liberian Crisis, Unilateralism, and Global Order
A probing analysis and critique of the historical dysfunction of the post-colonial African state and the tragic collapse of Liberia.
Unnatural Law
Rethinking Canadian Environmental Law and Policy
This award-winning book comprehensively assesses of the strengths and weaknesses of Canadian environmental law.
Taxing Choices
The Intersection of Class, Gender, Parenthood, and the Law
This fascinating analysis of the controversial Symes case of the 1990s examines how class and gender interests clashed over the tax treatment of childcare.
Regulating Lives
Historical Essays on the State, Society, the Individual, and the Law
This collection explores the treatment of incest in the criminal courts, racial-ethnic dimensions of alcohol regulation, public health initiatives around venereal disease, and the seizure and indoctrination of Doukhobor children, among other issues.
Gender in the Legal Profession
Fitting or Breaking the Mould
A thoughtful analysis of the causes and implications of the gendered structure of the legal profession in Canada and elsewhere.