A wide-ranging theoretical consideration of the emergence and transformation of “policing” activities through an examination of law and changes in social relations, with special attention to the myriad agencies involved in contemporary security provision. Evolving notions of risk, surveillance, the state, and the private-public dichotomy. Prerequisite(s): fourth-year Honours standing and one of LAWS 2301, LAWS 2302.Seminars three hours a week.
A wide-ranging theoretical consideration of the emergence and transformation of “policing” activities through an examination of law and changes in social relations, with special attention to the myriad agencies involved in contemporary security provision. Evolving notions of risk, surveillance, the state, and the private-public dichotomy. Prerequisite(s): fourth-year Honours standing and one of LAWS 2301, LAWS 2302.Seminars three hours a week.