LatCrit : : From Critical Legal Theory to Academic Activism / / Steven W. Bender, Francisco Valdes.

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 R...

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 10 b/w illustrations
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Other title: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
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.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781479809318
9783110754001
9783110753776
9783110754094
9783110753868
9783110739107
DOI:10.18574/nyu/9781479809318.001.0001
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Steven W. Bender, Francisco Valdes.