Postmodern Legal Movements : Law and Jurisprudence At Century's End / / Gary Minda.

• Author: Minda, Gary.
• Place / Publishing House: New York : : New York University Press,, 1995.; Baltimore, Md. : : Project MUSE, , 2021; ©1995.
• Year of Publication: 1995
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 350 p. )
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

What do Catharine MacKinnon, the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education, and Lani Guinier have in common? All have, in recent years, become flashpoints for different approaches to legal reform. In the last quarter century, the study and practice of law have been profoundly influenced by a number of powerful new movements; academics and activists alike are rethinking the interaction between law and society, focusing more on the tangible effects of law on human lives than on its procedural elements. In this wide-ranging and comprehensive volume, Gary Minda surveys the current state of legal scholarship and activism, providing an indispensable guide to the evolution of law in America.

Table of Contents

Pt. 1. Modern Jurisprudence, 1871-1980. 1. Origins of Modern Jurisprudence. 2. Modern Conceptual Jurisprudence. 3. Modern Normative Jurisprudence. 4. Decline of Modern Jurisprudential Studies -- pt. 2. Jurisprudential Movements of the 1980s. 5. Law and Economics. 6. Critical Legal Studies. 7. Feminist Legal Theory. 8. Law and Literature. 9. Critical Race Theory -- pt. 3. Postmodern Jurisprudence, 1990s and Beyond. 10. Jurisprudence in Transition. 11. Reaction of Modern Legal Scholars. 12. Postmodern Jurisprudence -- Conclusion: Jurisprudence at Century's End.