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The Joke In Critical Race Theory: De Gustibus Disputandum Est?, Dan Subotnik Jan 1998

The Joke In Critical Race Theory: De Gustibus Disputandum Est?, Dan Subotnik

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No abstract provided.


What’S Wrong With Critical Race Theory?: Reopening The Case For Middle Class Values, Dan Subotnik Jan 1998

What’S Wrong With Critical Race Theory?: Reopening The Case For Middle Class Values, Dan Subotnik

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No abstract provided.


Deconstructing Homo[Genous] Americanus: The White Ethnic Immigrant Narrative And Its Exclusionary Effect, Sylvia R. Lazos Jan 1998

Deconstructing Homo[Genous] Americanus: The White Ethnic Immigrant Narrative And Its Exclusionary Effect, Sylvia R. Lazos

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This Article examines why the assumption of sameness is so pervasive in our society, and why the very idea of diversity is so resisted. The assumption and the corollary mandate to be the same are embedded in American cultural ideology, in how Americans think of themselves, in the stories that we tell regarding who we are and where we come from, in how we construct our values and norms, and in how Americans make sense of our chaotic social world. The assumption and mandate of sameness not only influence American culture, they also guide judges' thinking and decision-making in key …


Guide To Law And Literature For Teachers, Students, And Researchers, Paul J. Heald Jan 1998

Guide To Law And Literature For Teachers, Students, And Researchers, Paul J. Heald

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Companion text to Literature and Legal Problem Solving: Law and Literature as Ethical Discourse


Resistance Is Futile: How Legal Writing Pedagogy Contributes To The Law's Marginalization Of Outsider Voices, Kathryn M. Stanchi Jan 1998

Resistance Is Futile: How Legal Writing Pedagogy Contributes To The Law's Marginalization Of Outsider Voices, Kathryn M. Stanchi

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This Article will examine the ways in which legal writing pedagogy contributes to the marginalization of outsider voices in the law. In Part II, the Article explores the two reigning pedagogies of legal writing and describes the linguistic model used to gauge how teaching law as language marginalizes outsider voices. In Part III, the Article applies the linguistic model to explore specific examples of how legal writing pedagogy may contribute to the marginalization of certain groups by focusing on audience and socializing them into the culture and language of law. In Part IV, the Article considers various solutions, all of …


Continuing Classroom Conversation Beyond The Four Whys, Jeffrey W. Stempel, Bailey Kuklin Jan 1998

Continuing Classroom Conversation Beyond The Four Whys, Jeffrey W. Stempel, Bailey Kuklin

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LAW school classes regularly prove Santayana's aphorism. Although nearly every law teacher desires to keep discussion focused and forward-moving, there are more than a few moments of thundering silence experienced in the classroom. Most of us adjust to this inevitability by positing some pedagogical virtue to still air and contenting ourselves with the knowledge that conversation-stopping “whys?” are usually delivered by us as teachers rather than the students. Perhaps we are underappreciative of the value discomfitting silence has, but we generally prefer that the conversation continue, that we miss the opportunity to feel simultaneously smug and uncomfortable, and that students …