ClassCrits is a network of scholars and activists interested in the critical, interdisciplinary and international analysis of law and economic relations. The global economic crisis, along with growing economic inequality and insecurity, suggests it is time to explore alternatives to the neoclassical or “free market” economic paradigm, often identified with the U.S.-origin “Law and Economics” movement. We aim to revive discussions of questions of class pushed to the margins or relegated to the shadowy past, considering the possible meaning and relevance of economic class to the contemporary context. We also hope to better integrate the rich diversity of economic and social sciences methods and theories into law by exploring and engaging non-neoclassical and heterodox economics. 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, queer theory, and critical law and development theory. That is, we start with the assumption that economics in law is inextricably political and fundamentally tied to questions of systemic status-based subordination.
Conference Planning Committee
Angela P. Harris
UC Davis School of Law (co-chair)
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Lisa R. Pruitt
UC Davis School of Law (co-chair)
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Tonya Brito
The University of Wisconsin Law School
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Sarah Dadush
Rutgers School of Law—Newark
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Lucille Jewel
John Marshall Law School
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Martha Mahoney
University of Miami School of Law
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Saru Matambanadzo
Tulane University Law School
smatamba@
tulane.edu
Athena Mutua
SUNY Buffalo Law School
admutua@
buffalo.edu
René Reich-Graefe
Western New England University School of Law
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Matthew Titolo
West Virginia University College of Law
Matthew.titolo@
mail.wvu.edu
Jay Varellas
PhD Candidate in Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
jvarellas@
berkeley.edu