LatCrit From Critical Legal Theory to Academic Activism

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Valdes, Francisco.

Contributor:

Bender, Steven.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Racism in education.

Race discrimination--Law and legislation.

Discrimination in higher education--Law and legislation.

Discrimination in education--Law and legislation.

Critical pedagogy.

Critical pedagogy--United States.

Race discrimination--Law and legislation--United States.

Race discrimination.

Racism in education--United States.

Discrimination in higher education--Law and legislation--United States.

Discrimination in higher education.

Discrimination in education--Law and legislation--United States.

Discrimination in education.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : 10 b/w illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York : 2021. New York University Press,

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Examines LatCrit's emergence as a scholarly and activist community within and beyond the US legal academyEmerging from the US legal academy in 1995, LatCrit theory is a genre of critical outsider jurisprudence--a vital hub of contemporary scholarship that includes Feminist Legal Theory and Critical Race Theory, among other critical schools of legal knowledge. Its basic goals have been: (1) to develop a critical, activist, and inter-disciplinary discourse on law and society affecting Latinas/os/x, and (2) to foster both the development of coalitional theory and practice as well as the accessibility of this knowledge to agents of social and legal transformative change.This slim volume tells the story of LatCrit's growth and influence as a scholarly and activist community. Francisco Valdes and Steven W. Bender offer a living example of how critical outsider academics can organize long-term collective action, both in law and society, that will help those similarly inclined to better organize themselves. Part roadmap, part historical record, and part a path forward, LatCrit: From Critical Legal Theory to Academic Activismshows that with coalition, collaboration, and community, social transformation can take root.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword: The Gran Trecho That Is LatCrit

Preface

1 Background and Origins "LatCrit"

2 Foundations LatCrit Values and Guiding Principles

3 LatCrit Contributions to OutCrit Jurisprudence Five Substantive Highlights

4 Community and Method Building Zones of Critical Safety

5 LatCrit Praxis Personal, Collective, and "Glocal"

6 Critical Pedagogy Transforming Legal Education and Targeting Systemic Injustice

7 Designing and Sustaining Self- Governance Theory, Digital Presence, and Bricks and Mortar

8 Looking Ahead Staying Nimble Yet Grounded

Afterword El Espíritu de Resistencia

Acknowledgments

General Discussion Questions

Appendix A LatCrit Self- Study

Appendix B LatCrit Annual/Biennial Conference Publications, 1996- 2020

Appendix C International and Comparative Law Colloquium Publications, 1996- 2020

Appendix D South- North Exchange Publications, 2003- 2020

Appendix E Study Space Publications, 2007- 2020

Appendix F Free- standing Symposium Publications and Books

Appendix G LatCrit Scholarship Research Toolkit Thematic Index

List of Themes

Appendix H Excerpt from Mission Statement for Living Justice Institute at Campo Sano

Notes

Further Readings

Index

About the Authors

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-4798-0931-4

OCLC:

1249475722