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Baldy
Center for Law & Social Policy and Law School Conference Center,
509 O'Brian Hall, University at Buffalo Law School
This workshop
aims to provide an alternative to the predominant discussions
of "law and economics" grounded in neoclassical economic
theory and its denial of "class". The question of class
and the role of institutionalized inequality still lurks beneath
the surface of most discussions of economics in legal academia.
The
name "ClassCrits" reflects our interest in focusing
on economics through the lens of critical legal scholarship movements,
such as critical legal studies, critical feminist theory, critical
race theory, LatCrit, and queer theory. We start with the assumption
that economics in law is inextricably political and fundamentally
tied to questions of systemic status-based subordination.
Faculty
and graduate students are welcome. Organized by Athena Mutua
(UB Law) and Martha McCluskey (UB Law).
Thursday, January 25
Hoolihan’s Restaurant,
Marriott Hotel Niagara, 1340 Millersport Highway, Amherst, NY
6:00 pm Informal Reception,
roundtable discussion (6:45), and Dinner (7:30)
Why ClassCrits:
Why Are We Here and What Do We Want?
Open to faculty and graduate students who RSVP by Tuesday, January
23rd
Friday, January
26
Baldy Center for Law & Social Policy and Law School
Conference Center, 509 O'Brian Hall
8:30 am Welcome and introductions.
Opening remarks by conference organizers.
9:00 am ClassCrits and Economics in Law
How might a critical
class analysis of law and economic inequality build on, differ
from, or respond to other approaches to analyzing law and economic
inequality, such as Law and Economics, poverty law, labor law,
socioeconomics and legal realism? In what ways is progressive
class analysis a missing ingredient in progressive thought and
action?
10:45 am Break
11:00 am Economic Inequality and Intersecting
Systems of Subordination
How does class intersect
with other systems of subordination or disadvantage, including
race, gender, religion, citizenship, disability and/or sexuality?
How might ClassCrits build upon the idea of anti-subordination
praxis and intersectionality? What problems and possibilities
arise from an anti-subordination approach to economic inequality?
12:45 pm Lunch
(RSVP required)
1:45 pm Building a Movement: Steps Toward
Reclaiming and Re-imaging a Class Analysis of Economic Inequality
• Mapping the questions,
tensions and principles inherent in a class analysis of law and
economic inequality
• Identifying the scholars and brainstorming a scholarship
agenda
• Outlining the thematic structure of the larger conference
in 2008
• Exploring various alternative media for promoting work
on critical class perspectives and policies
3:45 pm Break
4:00-4:30 pm Wrap-up
Dinner and informal discussion
at the home of Athena Mutua at 6:30 pm (must RSVP by Tuesday,
January 23rd)
Please RSVP to
Ellen Kausner at ekausner@buffalo.edu
Visiting Scholars
For further
information, please contact the conference organizers:
Frances
Ansley,
University of Tennessee College of Law
Susan
Carle, American University Washington College
of Law
Kenneth
Casebeer,
University of Miami School of Law
Sumi
Cho, DePaul University College of Law
Anthony
Farley,
Boston College Law School
Martha
Fineman,
Emory Law School
James
Gathii, Albany Law School
Angela
Harris, UC Berkeley School of Law
Laura
Kessler, University of Utah Law School
Martha
Mahoney,
University of Miami School of Law
Audrey
McFarlane,
University of Baltimore School of Law
Frank
Munger, NY Law School
Jim
Pope, Rutgers Law School
Daria
Roithmayr, University of Southern California Law School
Thomas
Ross, University of Pittsburgh School
of Law
Donna
Young, Albany Law School
Organizers
For further
information, please contact the conference organizers:
Athena
Mutua,
University at Buffalo Law School admutua@buffalo.edu
Martha
McCluskey,
University at Buffalo Law School, mcclusk@buffalo.edu
Driving Directions
& Parking
Driving directions
and information about parking on UB's North Campus can be found
here.
Baldy Center For Law & Social Policy
511 O'Brian Hall, University at Buffalo Law School
Buffalo, NY 14260
716.645.2102
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