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Justice, Mercy, And Late Medieval Governance, Pat Mccune
Justice, Mercy, And Late Medieval Governance, Pat Mccune
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Kingship, Law, and Society: Criminal Justice in the Reign of Henry V by Edward Powell
Criminal Justice In The Lower Courts: A Study In Continuity, Gerald Caplan
Criminal Justice In The Lower Courts: A Study In Continuity, Gerald Caplan
Michigan Law Review
A Review of The Transformation of Criminal Justice: Philadelphia, 1800-1880 by Allen Steinberg
Reactions To Opression: Jurisgenesis In The Jurispathic State, John Valery White
Reactions To Opression: Jurisgenesis In The Jurispathic State, John Valery White
Scholarly Works
This Note offers a model for analyzing the political and legal traditions of oppressed communities and developing a jurisprudence that accurately reflects the communities' views. Under this model, each of these diverse views can be understood from one of four perspectives: parochialism, fatalism, neo-liberalism, and individualism. These four perspectives are defined by an oppressed community's members' aspirations for liberation. Different ideals of justice and liberation underlie each perspective. Though touching on some of the communities' sentiments, the examinations of scholars of color have thus far been largely piecemeal, overemphasizing certain views, unwittingly combining divergent views, or marginalizing and dismissing unpopular …
Feminist Jurisprudence: Why Law Must Consider Women's Perspectives, Ann Juergens
Feminist Jurisprudence: Why Law Must Consider Women's Perspectives, Ann Juergens
Faculty Scholarship
A growing number of scholars are asking how the law would be different if it took women's points of view and experiences into account. Feminist Jurisprudence argues that we must look at the norms embedded in our legal system and rethink the law. It is about being inclusive of women, and of all people who differ from the norms of the law as it is today. The endeavor will necessarily shake up established relations between family, the workplace and the state. Lawyers, judges, and legislators should get ready for the changes.