Critical Legal Studies
/ˈkrɪtɪkəl ˈliːɡəl ˈstʌdiz/
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- (n.) A critical movement in legal scholarship that challenges the objectivity of law, asserting that law is intertwined with social, political, and economic power structures.
Critical legal studies scholars argue that legal doctrines often serve to perpetuate social inequalities.
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Used primarily in academic contexts, this term denotes a school of thought rather than a formal legal doctrine; it is important to distinguish CLS from general legal theory in scholarship.
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