The theory of critical legal studies (original) (raw)
1986, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies
I. A PROGRESSIVE INTERVENTION Critical legal studies is the first movement in legal theory and legal scholarship in the United States to have espoused a committed Left political stance and perspective.2 A left-wing academic trend of considerable breadth in the field of law is ...
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