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Mountain Climbing and Apartheid (On Website)
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Apologizing in post-apartheid South Africa is not nearly as simple as it seems. This article documents the attempt by the Mountain Club of South Africa to apologize for its discriminatory policies during apartheid. There are a number of interviews with climbers and the apology is analyzed through the lens of the latest theories of reconciliation in countries suffering from mass trauma.
A Critical Legal Studies Primer
Karl Marx warned us that legal rights are not always to be trusted. His reasoning was simple: that legal rights often perpetuate systems of exploitation and bolster the status quo. But somehow, one hundred and fifty years later, we continue to believe in them.
This lengthy academic essay looks at the role of rights through the lens of the Critical Legal Studies movement. Writing in the 70s and 80s, these scholars found that the law diffuses power in surprising and often unpredictable ways - but rarely is a sinister force at work. Click here to download the full essay.
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