The Politics Of Law: A Progressive Critique, Third Edition
The Critical Legal Studies (CLS) movement generally holds that legal outcomes are not determined solely by applying legal reasoning to objective rules, but are instead largely contingent upon the social and political values of the decisionmaker and the context of the process. A revision of a 1982 work with the same title ( LJ 10/15/82), this includes 24 essays by CLS adherents who apply their theories to traditional jurisprudence, legal education, selected substantive areas of the law, and progressive approaches to the law. This edition has ten new essays, and most of the remaining ones have been updated or revised. An excellent collection providing an introductory survey of a controversial but increasingly established alternative to traditional legal theories. Recommended for both law and academic libraries.- Merlin Whiteman, Indiana Univ. Sch. of Law, IndianapolisCopyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.