The Rise and Fall of Critical Legal Studies with James Gilchrist Stewart and Samuel Moyn

On October 17, Samuel Moyn and James Gilchrist Stewart spoke about Stewart’s new book, The Rise and Fall of Critical Legal Studies, a wide-ranging intellectual history of the CLS movement that draws from personal accounts, academic works, and the media. Moyn and Stewart discussed the origins of CLS, its key contributions, and what its legacy means for contemporary legal theories, including Law and Political Economy.