Document Type

Working Paper

Publication Date

7-3-2012

SSRN Discipline

Legal Scholarship Network; PSN Subject Matter eJournals; Social Insurance Research Network; Law School Research Papers - Legal Studies; Law & Society eJournals; LSN Subject Matter eJournals; Political Science Network; Political Behavior eJournals

Abstract

Replies to several criticisms of critical race theory especially those directed at the use of narrative and legal storytelling Counsels that narrative jurisprudence is only one of critical race theorys tools and that criticism of it should not be imputed to the entire field Acknowledges the diversity of outsider voices and narrative approaches Concludes that mainstream academics should proceed cautiously in criticizing new and unfamiliar forms of discourse

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