Overview

Critical theory encapsulates the many connections between theory and praxis. This Research Handbook addresses the broad range of these connections in relation to legal thought. Featuring contributions from leading scholars of law and critical theory, the Handbook confronts the logic of the institutional with its specific challenges right across the broad field of legal thought. The Research Handbook initially addresses the question of definition, tracking the origins and development of critical legal theory along its European and North American trajectories. Thematic connections are made between the development of legal theory and other currents of critical thought including feminism, Marxism, critical race theory, varieties of postmodernism, as well as the various 'turns' (ethical, aesthetic, political) of critical legal theory. Finally, particular legal disciplines are examined, including labour, criminal and intellectual property law, exploring what critical approaches reveal about them with the clear focus on opportunities for social transformation. This comprehensive and forward-looking Research Handbook will be of great interest to adherents of critical legal theory and scholars of jurisprudence more widely, as it provides a valuable analysis of the latest research and thinking in this dynamic field.

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'This is a brilliant collection! The Handbook's editors have succeeded in making critical legal theory - in all its multifarious, subversive complexity - both accessible and compelling. Anyone hoping to come to terms with the sheer range of critical discourse that the law has inspired, or wishing to plunge headlong into the depths of a particular critical tradition, will find just what they need in this fascinating volume.' --David Garland, New York University, US

`This is a brilliant collection! The Handbook's editors have succeeded in making critical legal theory - in all its multifarious, subversive complexity - both accessible and compelling. Anyone hoping to come to terms with the sheer range of critical discourse that the law has inspired, or wishing to plunge headlong into the depths of a particular critical tradition, will find just what they need in this fascinating volume.' -- David Garland, New York University, US

`This is a brilliant collection! The Handbook's editors have succeeded in making Critical Legal Theory - in all its multifarious, subversive, complexity - both accessible and compelling. Anyone hoping to come to terms with the sheer range of critical discourse that the law has inspired, or wishing to plunge headlong into the depths of a particular critical tradition, will find just what they need in this fascinating volume.' -- David Garland, New York University, US

'This is a brilliant collection! The Handbook's editors have succeeded in making critical legal theory - in all its multifarious, subversive complexity - both accessible and compelling. Anyone hoping to come to terms with the sheer range of critical discourse that the law has inspired, or wishing to plunge headlong into the depths of a particular critical tradition, will find just what they need in this fascinating volume.' -- David Garland, New York University, US

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Edited by the late Emilios Christodoulidis, formerly Chair of Jurisprudence, Ruth Dukes, Professor of Labour Law and Marco Goldoni, Professor of Philosophy of Law, School of Law, University of Glasgow, UK

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