Teaching Local 1330: reflections on critical legal pedagogy.

Title:
Teaching Local 1330 : reflections on critical legal pedagogy
Creator:
Klare, Karl E. (Author)
Publisher:
Harvard Law School, January 01, 2011
Type of resource:
Text
Genre:
Articles
Format:
electronic
Digital origin:
born digital
Abstract/Description:
In the Steelworkers Local 1330 v. U. S. Steel Corporation case, workers attempted to prevent or delay the company's planned shutdown of a steel plant inYoungstown,Ohio, so that the employees could purchase the plant and keep it in operation. Their effort was unsuccessful, and the plant-closure did occur causing widespread human suffering and economic deterioration inYoungstown and its environs. The case remains of great legal interest because of the workers' exceptionally creative and thoughtful legal claims. These include the assertion, rejected by the court, that the workers and/or surrounding community acquired a property interest in the plant by virtue of their investment of human capital, labor, and other resources. An unintended, low-visibility legacy of the steelworkers' struggle was its contribution to progressive legal education. In this article, a law professor discusses a classroom exercise based on the case he developed with the goals of empowering law students, demystifying mainstream legal discourses, and enhancing students' capacities to develop imaginative legal theories in service to social justice. The article also explores the goals and underlying values of critical legal pedagogy.
Comments:
Originally published in Unbound: Harvard Journal of the Legal Left, Vol. 7, pp. 58-78, Winter 2011.
Subjects and keywords:
labor strikes
unions
Law
Permanent Link:
http://hdl.handle.net/2047/d20002528

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