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Queer Phenomenology In Law: A Critical Theory Of Orientation, Nick J. Sciullo
Queer Phenomenology In Law: A Critical Theory Of Orientation, Nick J. Sciullo
Pace Law Review
This Article argues for the application of phenomenology to legal understanding, specifically as a way to think about and through queer people’s interactions with law as well as queer theory in law. There are both pragmatic and theoretical justifications for this project. The pragmatic justifications include the need to better address the legal issues and experiences of queer people, recent political and legal decisions and debates that affect queer people specifically, the need to better provide epistemological resources for queer lawyers, law scholars, law students, and their allies, and the need to better understand how law affects minoritarian populations regardless …