A rhetorical praxis of rebellious knowledge production
Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s outsider jurisprudence in Utah v. Strieff
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12739948 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katie L Gibson (Colorado State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 142-157 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1479-1420 • E-ISSN: 1479-4233 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14791420.2023.2297975 |
| OpenAlex | W4390630239 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
In 2016, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote a stunning legal opinion that challenged the Supreme Court's ruling in Utah v. Strieff and marked a watershed moment for her voice of dissent. In this essay, I argue that Justice Sotomayor's Strieff dissent was animated by a praxis of rebellious knowledge production – disruptive moves of legal opinion writing that rework interpretive traditions of context, authority, and lived experience to center an episteme of race-consciousness in the law. This study points to the possibilities of outsider jurisprudence as a rhetorical praxis of legal opinion writing and illuminates the democratic promise of Sotomayor's judicial voice
Art · Economic Justice · Jurisprudence · Literature · Political science · Praxis · Rhetorical question · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Law, Rights, and Freedoms · Legal Systems and Judicial Processes
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |