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A Humble Tribute To Professor Deborah Waire Post Upon Her Retirement, Deborah Zalesne
A Humble Tribute To Professor Deborah Waire Post Upon Her Retirement, Deborah Zalesne
Journal of Race, Gender, and Ethnicity
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Vulnerable Populations And Transformative Law Teaching: A Critical Reader, Chapter 6 - Vulnerability In Contracting: Teaching First-Year Law Students About Inequality And Its Consequences, Deborah Post, Deborah Zalesne
Vulnerable Populations And Transformative Law Teaching: A Critical Reader, Chapter 6 - Vulnerability In Contracting: Teaching First-Year Law Students About Inequality And Its Consequences, Deborah Post, Deborah Zalesne
Deborah W. Post
Traditional legal pedagogy fails to demonstrate the relationship of contract to the subordination of vulnerable populations. As a result, students rarely see the complex web of interrelationships where economic activity takes place or the legal regime that maintains it. Students are not taught how to interrogate the discourse or dismantle the systems and structures that oppress subordinated communities. This Essay describes a technique that we have developed to help students learn the meaning of law and its cultural, social, and structural significance. The traditional framing of the study of contract doctrine as one that is objective, neutral, and fair avoids …
Contract And Dispossession, Deborah W. Post
Contract And Dispossession, Deborah W. Post
Deborah W. Post
This Essay, part of a collection of essays on the same theme, argues that contract law has become an instrument of oppression and dispossession rather than liberation. Having offered a critique, the challenge then is to consider whether it is possible to restore the liberatory potential of contract. The symposium, Post-Marxism, Post-Racialism & Other Fables of the Dispossession, was an invitation to consider the contemporary relevance of Marxist theory. There are two reference points in this cultural critique. One is the importance of social position in a jurisprudence that embraces objectivity; the uncritical and unreflective reliance on hegemonic social practices, …
Contract And Dispossession, Deborah W. Post
Contract And Dispossession, Deborah W. Post
Scholarly Works
This Essay, part of a collection of essays on the same theme, argues that contract law has become an instrument of oppression and dispossession rather than liberation. Having offered a critique, the challenge then is to consider whether it is possible to restore the liberatory potential of contract. The symposium, Post-Marxism, Post-Racialism & Other Fables of the Dispossession, was an invitation to consider the contemporary relevance of Marxist theory.
There are two reference points in this cultural critique. One is the importance of social position in a jurisprudence that embraces objectivity; the uncritical and unreflective reliance on hegemonic social …
Contracting Law, Deborah Post, Amy Kastely, Nancy Ota, Sharon Hom
Contracting Law, Deborah Post, Amy Kastely, Nancy Ota, Sharon Hom
Deborah W. Post
Revised and updated to 2006, the fourth edition of Contracting Law continues the clear explanations of contract doctrine, engaging cases, and thought-provoking cultural and historical materials that have made this casebook a favorite of students and professors. Students and faculty appreciate the fact that no separate statutory supplement is necessary. Selected provisions from the Restatement Second of Contracts and the Uniform Commercial Code are included in the casebook as appendices. The workbook (purchased separately), complete with flow charts, vocabulary lists, problems and structured exercises, helps students understand legal doctrines, case briefing, and synthesis. Students can use the workbook independently or …
Cross-Cultural Readings Of Intent: Form, Fiction, And Reasonable Expectations, Deborah Waire Post
Cross-Cultural Readings Of Intent: Form, Fiction, And Reasonable Expectations, Deborah Waire Post
Deborah W. Post
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Cross-Cultural Readings Of Intent: Form, Fiction, And Reasonable Expectations, Deborah Waire Post
Cross-Cultural Readings Of Intent: Form, Fiction, And Reasonable Expectations, Deborah Waire Post
Scholarly Works
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Preface To The Gateway Thread, Deborah W. Post
Dismantling Democracy: Common Sense And The Contract Jurisprudence Of Frank Easterbrook, Deborah W. Post
Dismantling Democracy: Common Sense And The Contract Jurisprudence Of Frank Easterbrook, Deborah W. Post
Deborah W. Post
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Preface To The Gateway Thread, Deborah W. Post
Dismantling Democracy: Common Sense And The Contract Jurisprudence Of Frank Easterbrook, Deborah W. Post
Dismantling Democracy: Common Sense And The Contract Jurisprudence Of Frank Easterbrook, Deborah W. Post
Scholarly Works
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