A Tale of Two Genres: On the Real and Ideal Links Between Law and Society and Critical Race Theory

The Blackwell Companion to Law and Society

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 453-470

  Gómez, Laura E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical race theory; Ideology; Law; Racial inequality; Society

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049423253     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470693650.ch24     Document Type: Chapter

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