Publication Date
1991
Abstract
Can lawtalk lull and gull us tricking us into thinking that categories like objective the reasonably prudent man and subjective and the stylized debates that swirl about them really count when in fact they either collapse or appear trivial when viewed from the perspective of cultural power Using cigarette warnings and consenttosex rules as examples this article posits that if we allow ourselves to believe that categories such as these subjective and objective are allimportant we can easily expend a great deal of energy replicating predictable scripted arguments In this way the law turns once progressive people into harmless technocrats
Recommended Citation
Richard Delgado,
Shadowboxing: An Essay on Power,
77
Cornell L. Rev.
813
(1991).
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https://scholarship.law.ua.edu/fac_essays/50