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Book SynopsisExamines LatCrit's emergence as a scholarly and activist community within and beyond the US legal academy
Emerging from the US legal academy in 1995, LatCrit theory is a genre of critical outsider jurisprudencea vital hub of contemporary scholarship that includes Feminist Legal Theory and Critical Race Theory, among other critical schools of legal knowledge. Its basic goals have been: (1) to develop a critical, activist, and inter-disciplinary discourse on law and society affecting Latinas/os/x, and (2) to foster both the development of coalitional theory and practice as well as the accessibility of this knowledge to agents of social and legal transformative change.
This slim volume tells the story of LatCrit's growth and influence as a scholarly and activist community. Francisco Valdes and Steven W. Bender offer a living example of how critical outsider academics can organize long-term collective action, both in law and society, that will help those similarly incli
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A must-read. Whether you have never read LatCrit literature or are an aficionado, there is much to savor in its transnational and multidimensional approach. The book reflects and celebrates LatCrit’s twenty-five-year commitment to theory, community, pedagogy, and praxis, reinforcing the importance of community building and intellectual evolution. -- Adrien K. Wing, Associate Dean and Bessie Dutton Murray Professor at the University of Iowa College of Law
Many have been waiting for just such a comprehensive history of the emergence and flourishing of LatCrit. Built into the legal writings is the collective development of an intellectual movement spurring academic activism. -- Mary Romero, Professor Emerita in Justice & Social Inquiry, Arizona State University
Valdes and Bender have performed an amazing service; not only have they summarized and amplified the mission of Critical Race Theory in its expression as LatCrit, but they have provided access to a methodology of grounded and engaged scholarship. This is significant work. -- Gerald Torres, Professor of Environmental Justice, Yale School of the Environment and Yale Law School
