LatCrit : from critical legal theory to academic activism / Francisco Valdes and Steven W. Bender ; with a foreword by Margaret E. Montoya and an afterword by Sumi Cho and Angela P. Harris.
Background and origins : "LatCrit" -- Foundations : LatCrit values and guiding principles -- LatCrit contributions to outcrit jurisprudence : five substantive highlights -- Community and method : building zones of critical safety -- LatCrit praxis : personal, collective, and "glocal" -- Critical pedagogy : transforming legal education and targeting systemic injustice -- Designing and sustaining self-governance : theory, digital presence, bricks and mortar -- Looking ahead : staying nimble yet grounded.
Summary:
"This book comprehensively but succinctly tells the story of LatCrit's emergence and sustainable presence as a scholarly and activist community within and beyond the US legal academy, finding its place alongside such other schools of critical legal knowledge as Feminist Legal Theory and Critical Race Theory that aim to combust social and legal transformative change"-- Provided by publisher.
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