Keywords:
Jurisprudence
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Jurisprudence - United States
Description / Table of Contents:
What do Catharine MacKinnon, the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education, and Lani Guinier have in common? All have, in recent years, become flashpoints for different approaches to legal reform. In the last quarter century, the study and practice of law have been profoundly influenced by a number of powerful new movements; academics and activists alike are rethinking the interaction between law and society, focusing more on the tangible effects of law on human lives than on its procedural elements. In this wide-ranging and comprehensive volume, Gary Minda surveys the current state of legal sc
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 350 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0585318050
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9780585318059
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=2081697
DDC:
349.73
Language:
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-341) and index
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; Part One Modern Jurisprudence, 1871-1980; 1. Origins of Modern Jurisprudence; 2. Modern Conceptual Jurisprudence; 3. Modern Normative Jurisprudence; 4. Decline of Modern Jurisprudential Studies; Part Two Jurisprudential Movements of the 1980s; 5. Law and Economics; 6. Critical Legal Studies; 7. Feminist Legal Theory; 8. Law and Literature; 9. Critical Race Theory; Part Three Postmodern Jurisprudence, 1990s and Beyond; 10. Jurisprudence in Transition; 11. Reaction of Modern Legal Scholars
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12. Postmodern JurisprudenceConclusion: Jurisprudence at Century's End; Notes; Index
