Research Handbook on Critical Legal Theory

Author: Emilios Christodoulidis; Ruth Dukes; Marco Goldoni
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781800884502

Published In: February 2021
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Hardback Edition ISBN: 9781786438881

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Critical theory encapsulates the many connections between theory and praxis. This Research Handbook addresses the broad range of these connections in relation to legal thought. Featuring contributions from leading scholars of law and critical theory, the Handbook confronts the logic of the institutional with its specific challenges right across the broad field of legal thought.

The Research Handbook initially addresses the question of definition, tracking the origins and development of critical legal theory along its European and North American trajectories. Thematic connections are made between the development of legal theory and other currents of critical thought including feminism, Marxism, critical race theory, varieties of postmodernism, as well as the various ‘turns’ (ethical, aesthetic, political) of critical legal theory. Finally, particular legal disciplines are examined, including labour, criminal and intellectual property law, exploring what critical approaches reveal about them with the clear focus on opportunities for social transformation.

This comprehensive and forward-looking Research Handbook will be of great interest to adherents of critical legal theory and scholars of jurisprudence more widely, as it provides a valuable analysis of the latest research and thinking in this dynamic field.

Preface

PART I

1. Critical theory and the law: reflections on origins, trajectories and conjunctures

Emilios Christodoulidis

2. Critical legal realism in a nutshell

Dennis M. Davis and Karl Klare

PART II

3. Critical legal feminisms

Rosemary Hunter

4. Critical race theory

Mathias Möschel

5. Queer in the law: critique and postcritique