LAW Critical Theory
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Item is good for 23 routes, rollover orange dots above to see which ones! LAW 671 Critical Theory Law School Recommended for route(s): [ Academia ] Criminal Law: General Why it is relevant for ... [ Academia ] as a Related Elective for those interested in Legal Theory : An academic will want to understand the influence of critical tradition in the American legal theory. This course will review the most important developments in critical theory as it relates to law and jurisprudence. General course Description: This course will review the most important developments in critical theory as it relates to law and jurisprudence. It will begin with a brief review of the critical tradition in Western philosophy including thinkers such as Friedrich Nietzsche, Karl Marx, Max Weber, Jean Paul Sartre and Michel Foucault. We will then look at the influence of this critical tradition in American legal theory, tracing the critical turn through the American legal realists, Critical Legal Studies and the emergence of identity based critical movements such as Critical Race Theory, Critical Feminist Theory and Critical Approaches to Sexual Orientation. Course Style: A Substantive/ Perspective course looks at law from an external or non-traditional standpoint. Course Frequency: Offered once a year |