Critical Race Theory

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Focuses on the idea of 'race' as a social/political construct and examines the impact of American law on the construction of race. Provide historical and legal background necessary to understand the significance of race within American law and policy. Evaluate a number of legal frameworks that address issues of race and ethnicity in various contexts (e.g. segregation laws, civil rights law, federal Indian law, international human rights law). Assesses various jurisprudential accounts evaluating the ethical and moral underpinnings of the law. Critical race theory is known as a jurisprudential framework that is often critical of standard liberal approaches. Evaluates the critiques of liberalism and the scholarship of both liberal and critical theorists.