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rakovsky · 10-15-2006, 01:21 PM

Hello, I am searching for Law Schools with heterodox law programs.

For example, most economic grad programs today run the students through a conventional track teaching Neoclassical (or "Neoliberal") economics. But a number of schools have heterodox programs (meaning radical, non-mainstream) that study economics from a whole range of viewpoints, like Keynesianism (President Franklin Roosevelt's policies), Marxism, and others!

American University
Notre Dame
University of Massachusetts
University of Vermont
The full list is at:
http://www.open.ac.uk/socialsciences...on/schools.htm
http://www.csbsju.edu/economics/Care...20Programs.htm

It would be exciting to study Law from a radical perspective too!

A radical law program might talk about how corporate lobbying groups almost make our laws, or the contradiction between real democracy and democracy "as it is," where people might want things one way, but the government will still decide against their interests. Or how should a lawyer who believes in the public interest act differently than lawyers for corporate interests? Is it more important to choose a winnable case, or to take a stand on a losing, but vital issue?

There is a list of heterodox economic schools, but how about heterodox law schools?

10-15-2006, 01:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
rakovsky Eager! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 37	Law Schools with radical, or "heterodox," programs Hello, I am searching for Law Schools with heterodox law programs. For example, most economic grad programs today run the students through a conventional track teaching Neoclassical (or "Neoliberal") economics. But a number of schools have heterodox programs (meaning radical, non-mainstream) that study economics from a whole range of viewpoints, like Keynesianism (President Franklin Roosevelt's policies), Marxism, and others! American University Notre Dame University of Massachusetts University of Vermont The full list is at: http://www.open.ac.uk/socialsciences...on/schools.htm http://www.csbsju.edu/economics/Care...20Programs.htm It would be exciting to study Law from a radical perspective too! A radical law program might talk about how corporate lobbying groups almost make our laws, or the contradiction between real democracy and democracy "as it is," where people might want things one way, but the government will still decide against their interests. Or how should a lawyer who believes in the public interest act differently than lawyers for corporate interests? Is it more important to choose a winnable case, or to take a stand on a losing, but vital issue? There is a list of heterodox economic schools, but how about heterodox law schools?