Technocentrism in the Law School: Why the Gender and Colour of Law Remain the Same

Despite valiant endeavours by feminist, critical race, and Queer scholars to transform the legal culture, the transformative project has been limited because of the power of corporatism, a phenomenon deemed marginal to the currently fashionable micropolitical sites of critical scholarship. However,...

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Main Author: Thornton, Margaret (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: 1998
In:Year: 1998
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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