University Press of Kansas Radical Critiques of the Law

In this volume, scholars from philosophy, law, and political science respond to recent work in legal theory by exploring what constitutes a ""radical"" critique of the law. Examining various approaches and theories, they propose alternatives they regard as truly radical. Review The interaction between the authors is refreshingly direct, and many of them offer analyses of their subject matter that are thoughtful, interesting, and novel.-- Jurist This book provides an exceptionally useful introduction to the leading ideas in critical legal studies, feminist legal theory, and critical race theory. It is at least three books in one. Philosophers of law, feminist theorists, and reflective practitioners of the law will find in this powerful anthology the kind of conceptual tools they need to radically deconstruct traditional Anglo-American law.-- Rosemarie Tong, author of Feminist Philosophies How radical are recent feminist and critical theory critiques of liberal legal theory? This book offers a range of thoughtful assessments. Especially provocative is the section on punishment, challenging not just traditional styles of justification but our very reliance on that institution as an instrument of social control.--Claudia Card, editor of Feminist Ethics It is very useful to have in one volume appraisals of law and suggestions for change from these perspectives, especially when accompanied by liberal skepticism about just how radical the critiques really are.--Virginia Held, author of Feminist Morality A highly illuminating assessment of some of the most important recent criticisms of the American legal system and the liberalism alleged to justify it.--Carl Wellman, author of Real Rights