A Critique of Adjudication

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Summary: Why do courts do what they do?
Review: There can be no remaining doubt, after Gore v. Bush, that the U.S. Supreme Court is nakedly ideological. But so is every other court, and Duncan Kennedy explains why in this masterful summary of the decisively insightful critical legal studies movement. It just will not do, in the new millenium, to continue to deny the influence of ideology on judges when any hope for political progress depends on law and its institutions. We must at least carry on a good faith debate which honestly confronts the bad faith of judges. The critique is the place to start, and the movement deserves the attention of every person interested in honest discourse about the future of both law and politics. No single work available today is a better starting place for understanding the critique.

Rating:
Summary: Why do courts do what they do?
Review: There can be no remaining doubt, after Gore v. Bush, that the U.S. Supreme Court is nakedly ideological. But so is every other court, and Duncan Kennedy explains why in this masterful summary of the decisively insightful critical legal studies movement. It just will not do, in the new millenium, to continue to deny the influence of ideology on judges when any hope for political progress depends on law and its institutions. We must at least carry on a good faith debate which honestly confronts the bad faith of judges. The critique is the place to start, and the movement deserves the attention of every person interested in honest discourse about the future of both law and politics. No single work available today is a better starting place for understanding the critique.