LatCrit
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LatCrit is a branch of critical legal scholarship that centers the experiences, histories, and legal struggles of Latina/o communities to analyze and challenge structures of racism, power, and subordination.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic framework
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critical legal theory ⓘ legal scholarship movement ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | Latina and Latino Critical Legal Theory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
advance material conditions of Latina/o communities
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center Latina/o experiences in legal analysis ⓘ challenge racial hierarchy in law ⓘ reform legal institutions ⓘ |
| analyzes |
structures of power
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structures of racism ⓘ structures of subordination ⓘ |
| critiques |
Eurocentrism in legal doctrine
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assimilationist legal norms ⓘ colorblindness in law ⓘ formal equality ⓘ |
| emergedFrom | critical race theory ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
coalitional politics
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contextualized legal analysis ⓘ group-based subordination ⓘ historical context ⓘ praxis ⓘ |
| field |
critical race theory
NERFINISHED
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law ⓘ legal studies ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Chicana/o communities
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Latina/o communities ⓘ Latinx communities ⓘ anti-discrimination law ⓘ citizenship ⓘ colonialism ⓘ community empowerment ⓘ diaspora ⓘ education law ⓘ identity politics ⓘ immigration law ⓘ intersectionality ⓘ language discrimination ⓘ language rights ⓘ nativism ⓘ power relations ⓘ racialization ⓘ social justice ⓘ structural racism ⓘ subordination ⓘ transnationalism ⓘ |
| fullName | Latina and Latino Critical Legal Theory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| methodology |
comparative analysis
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interdisciplinary research ⓘ narrative analysis ⓘ storytelling ⓘ testimonio ⓘ |
| normativeGoal |
anti-essentialism
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anti-subordination ⓘ coalition-building ⓘ transformative justice ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Asian American legal scholarship
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QueerCrit NERFINISHED ⓘ critical race feminism ⓘ outsider jurisprudence ⓘ |
| theorizes | law as a tool of both oppression and liberation ⓘ |
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Critical race theory