Postmodern Legal Theory

This chapter presents an interview with Drucilla Cornell, a Professor of Political Science, Women's Studies, and Comparative Literature at Rutgers University and National Research Foundation Professor in Customary Law, Indigenous Ideals, and the Dignity Jurisprudence at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Professor Cornell is a leading postmodern and feminist theorist who has made major contributions to modern legal theory. She played a key role in introducing prominent Continental theorists, particularly Jacques Derrida, to the American academy. Topics covered during the interview include her undergraduate training in philosophy and math; her experiences at UCLA School of Law; her views about deconstruction; her thoughts about Rawls' development from A Theory of Justice to Political Liberalism?; and the differences between her views and those of MacKinnon, especially regarding the issue of prostitution.

Critical legal studies · Deconstruction (building) · Dignity · Economic Justice · Epistemology · Foundation (evidence) · Jurisprudence · Legal realism · Legal research · Liberalism · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Postmodernism · Sociology · Engineering · Gender Studies · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies · Philosophy