LatCrit Praxis @ XX: Toward Equal Justice in Law, Education and Society

Authors

Tayyab Mahmud
Athena D. Mutua, University at Buffalo School of LawFollow
Francisco Valdes

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2015

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Abstract

This article marks the twentieth anniversary of Latina and Latino Critical Legal Theory or the LatCrit organization, an association of diverse scholars committed to the production of knowledge from the perspective of Outsider or OutCrit jurisprudence. The article first reflects on the historical development of LatCrit’s substantive, methodological, and institutional commitments and practices. It argues that these traditions were shaped not only by its members’ goals and commitments but also by the politics of backlash present at its birth in the form of the “cultural wars,” and which have since morphed into perpetual “crises” grounded in neoliberal policies. With this background, the article turns to the current foundations for the future intergenerational transmission of the LatCrit mission and outlines a number of potential future challenges. It concludes with a description of the symposium essays written primarily by a new generation of LatCrit scholars, both the potential inheritors and creators of current and future substantive, methodological and institutional LatCrit practices.

Publication Title

Chicago-Kent Law Review

First Page

361

Last Page

427

Recommended Citation

Tayyab Mahmud, Athena D. Mutua & Francisco Valdes, LatCrit Praxis @ XX: Toward Equal Justice in Law, Education and Society, 90 Chi.-Kent. L. Rev. 361 (2015).
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.buffalo.edu/journal_articles/430