A major statement from one of the foremost legal theorists of our day, this book offers a penetrating look into the political nature of legal, and especially judicial, decision making. It is also the first sustained attempt to integrate the American approach to law, an uneasy balance of deep commitment and intense skepticism, with the Continental tradition in social theory, philosophy, and psychology.
At the center of this work is the question of how politics affects judicial activity-and how, in turn, lawmaking by judges affects American politics. Duncan Kennedy considers opposing...
A major statement from one of the foremost legal theorists of our day, this book offers a penetrating look into the political nature of legal, and ...
In 1983 Harvard law professor Duncan Kennedy self-published a biting critique of the law school system called Legal Education and the Reproduction of Hierarchy. This controversial booklet was reviewed in several major law journals--unprecedented for a self-published work--and influenced a generation of law students and teachers.
In this well-known critique, Duncan Kennedy argues that legal education reinforces class, race, and gender inequality in our society. However, Kennedy proposes a radical egalitarian alternative vision of what legal education should become,...
In 1983 Harvard law professor Duncan Kennedy self-published a biting critique of the law school system called Legal Education and the Repro...
In 1983 Harvard law professor Duncan Kennedy self-published a biting critique of the law school system called Legal Education and the Reproduction of Hierarchy. This controversial booklet was reviewed in several major law journals--unprecedented for a self-published work--and influenced a generation of law students and teachers.
In this well-known critique, Duncan Kennedy argues that legal education reinforces class, race, and gender inequality in our society. However, Kennedy proposes a radical egalitarian alternative vision of what legal education should become, and a...
In 1983 Harvard law professor Duncan Kennedy self-published a biting critique of the law school system called Legal Education and the Reproduct...
With a comment introduction, this is reprint of the exciting earlier limited edition praised by legal scholars and often cited. It deals with the development and disintegration of a form of American legal thought that emerged between 1880 and 1885 and flourished between 1885 and 1940.
With a comment introduction, this is reprint of the exciting earlier limited edition praised by legal scholars and often cited. It deals with the deve...
This work argues that an American radicalism is both possible and desirable. One base for radical politics is the institutional workplace, where multicultural coalitions can upset frozen hierarchies. But another is popular culture - whence the author's emphasis on phenomena like sexy dressing.
This work argues that an American radicalism is both possible and desirable. One base for radical politics is the institutional workplace, where multi...
