The rise and fall of critical legal studies : law, politics, culture / James Gilchrist Stewart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stewart, James Gilchrist, author.

Series:

Edinburgh critical studies in law, literature and the humanities.

Edinburgh critical studies in law, literature and the humanities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critical legal studies--History.

Critical legal studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 180 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2024.

Summary:

A wide-ranging intellectual history of the Critical Legal Studies Movement, drawing from personal accounts, academic works, and the media. 'The Rise and Fall of Critical Legal Studies' unpacks Critical Legal Studies (CLS) to address what CLS was, how it came about, and what its legacy means for contemporary legal theories. Taking a CLS approach to CLS, a range of legal, literary, filmic, and philosophical lenses are applied to key theorists and their works, with a specific focus on Duncan Kennedy. Through this analysis, a dominant type of CLS is untangled, and in true Crit form, repeatedly questioned from different perspectives to see what it achieved.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures

Preface: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Critical Legal Studies?

1 Reimagining Critical Legal Studies

2 Untangling Critical Legal Studies

3 Death on the Books

4 Searching for Death

5 Theoretical Ghosts and Spectres

6 The Haunting of Critical Legal Studies

7 Navigating US-CLS

8 American Gods

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781399515337

1399515330

OCLC:

1435579344