Publication

1998 - New York University Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

53,750 words, Guess

Page Count

215 pages

Identifiers

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Classifications

  • DDC340/.071/173
  • LCCKF272 .A93 1998

Description

Once dismissed as plodding and superfluous, legal scholarship is increasingly challenging the liberal white male establishment that currently dominates legal education and practice. The result, here vividly recounted by Arthur Austin, has been an uncompromising, take-no-prisoners fight for dominance. The challenge comes from "outsiders," a collection of feminists, critical race theorists, and critical legal studies scholars who rely on unconventional methods such as storytelling to give voice to the underrepresented. In the other, demographically larger camp resides the monolithic Empire, consisting of traditionalists who, having developed an effective form of scholarship, now circle the wagons against the outsider heathens. Neither partisan nor objective, Austin is both respectful and critical of each faction.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Critical America

Other Editions

  • The empire strikes back: outsiders and the struggle over legal educationNew York University Press1998-01-01

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