Chapter 13 Self-test questions

. Which of the following propositions would be rejected by those who describe themselves as critical legal theorists?

Law is politics.

Law is determinate.

Law reflects economic power.

Law is unstable.

. Critical Legal Studies (CLS) is often compared to (or with) American realism. Which of the following statements is inaccurate?

Both are concerned with the 'law in action.'

Both are anti-formalist and sceptical

Both adopt a liberal ideology.

Both attempt to demystify the law.

. Which of the following statements best describes the postmodernist project?

It attempts to demonstrate the relationship between law and literature.

It seeks to defend Enlightenment values.

It is preoccupied with the rise of bureaucratic government.

It rejects the Kantian concern with individual rights, equality, and justice.

. Lyotard's dictum 'I define postmodern as incredulity toward meta-narratives' means:

Individual stories are suspect.

The law is static.

Universal values are meaningless.

Literature reproduces repression.

. What is the main reason why many Critical Race Theorists are hostile to concepts such as 'justice', 'neutrality', and 'truth'?

Because of their vagueness.

Because they have failed to produce racial justice.

Because they are unrelated to contemporary conditions.

Because these ideas are alien to most people of colour.

. 'The Marxist and critical race theory notions espoused by CRT are diametrically opposed to our democratic ideals.' Which statement below is the most powerful refutation of this view?

There are no traces of left wing thought among CRT scholars.

Some CRT writing is openly sceptical of traditional American values.

Democracy is not an uncomplicated concept.

This is an unjustifiably narrow view of the CRT agenda.

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