SOC205H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Intersectionality, Donald Marshall, Jr., Critical Legal Studies
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An academic discipline that adopts a critical approach to understand the intersection of race, law and power. Late 1970s and 1980s at harvard university and uc berkeley. Looks at society, law and the criminal justice system through a racial lens. Recognizes that racism is engrained into the fabric of society. Focuses on how law adversely affects people of color not as individuals but as a group. Despite formal equality before the law whites continued to wield power and enjoy higher standards of living. Crt emerged out of critical legal theory roots in marxist thought ]racism is an embedded part of the institution of law and the criminal justice system. Critiques liberal legal models which assume law can remedy racism in society. Questions claims of legal neutrality, objectivity and equality before the law. Lecture #12: critical race theory (part equality before the law.
