Contrast and Comparison of Critical Legal Studies and Neo-Marxism As Theories of Law and Economy (Excerpt)

Kennedy, Duncan

Contrast and Comparison of Critical Legal Studies and Neo-Marxism As Theories of Law and Economy (Excerpt)

Duncan Kennedy, A Critique of Adjudication [fin de siècle], Harvard University Press (1997) p. 280-96, 407-09; ISBN 9780674177598.

11 Pages Posted: 28 Dec 2017

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Duncan Kennedy

Harvard Law School

Date Written: December 22, 2017

Abstract

This excerpt from "A Critique of Adjudication [fin de siècle]" (1997) describes, compares and contrasts the Critical Legal Studies approach to the question of the relationship of law and economy (including the "base/superstructure" debate) with Neo-Marxist theories popular at the time.

Keywords: critical legal studies, neo-Marxism, base/superstructure, indeterminacy, legitimation, ideology

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Kennedy, Duncan, Contrast and Comparison of Critical Legal Studies and Neo-Marxism As Theories of Law and Economy (Excerpt) (December 22, 2017). Duncan Kennedy, A Critique of Adjudication [fin de siècle], Harvard University Press (1997) p. 280-96, 407-09; ISBN 9780674177598., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3092360