LatCrit : : From Critical Legal Theory to Academic Activism / / Steven W. Bender, Francisco Valdes.

• VerfasserIn: Valdes, Francisco,; Bender, Steven W.,
• MitwirkendeR: Cho, Sumi,; Harris, Angela P.,; Montoya, Margaret E.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; 10 b/w illustrations

Examines LatCrit’s emergence as a scholarly and activist community within and beyond the US legal academyEmerging from the US legal academy in 1995, LatCrit theory is a genre of critical outsider jurisprudence—a vital hub of contemporary scholarship that includes Feminist Legal Theory and Critical R...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Foreword: The Gran Trecho That Is LatCrit
• Preface
• 1 Background and Origins “LatCrit”
• 2 Foundations: LatCrit Values and Guiding Principles
• 3 LatCrit Contributions to OutCrit Jurisprudence: Five Substantive Highlights
• 4 Community and Method: Building Zones of Critical Safety
• 5 LatCrit Praxis: Personal, Collective, and “Glocal”
• 6 Critical Pedagogy: Transforming Legal Education and Targeting Systemic Injustice
• 7 Designing and Sustaining Self- Governance: Theory, Digital Presence, and Bricks and Mortar
• 8 Looking Ahead: Staying Nimble Yet Grounded
• Afterword: El Espíritu de Resistencia
• Acknowledgments
• General Discussion Questions
• Appendix A LatCrit Self- Study
• Appendix B LatCrit Annual/Biennial Conference Publications, 1996– 2020
• Appendix C International and Comparative Law Colloquium Publications, 1996– 2020
• Appendix D South- North Exchange Publications, 2003– 2020
• Appendix E Study Space Publications, 2007– 2020
• Appendix F Free- standing Symposium Publications and Books
• Appendix G LatCrit Scholarship Research Toolkit Thematic Index— List of Themes
• Appendix H Excerpt from Mission Statement for Living Justice Institute at Campo Sano
• Notes
• Further Readings
• Index
• About the Authors