Social Movements and the Law

Lolita Buckner Inniss is the Dean and Provost's Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Law School. She is the author of The Princeton Fugitive Slave: The Trials of James Collins Johnson and numerous other articles and book chapters, and is the United States Special Rapporteur to the International Academy of Comparative Law.   Bridget J. Crawford is a University Distinguished Professor at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University. She is the coauthor of Menstruation Matters: Challenging the Law's Silence on Periods and a co-convener of the U.S. Feminist Judgments Project.

Contents

Preface 
Acknowledgments 
Contributors 

INTRODUCTION
Locating Black Lives Matter and #MeToo in Social and Legal Reform Movements 

1. DIALOGUE
Historical and Contemporary Contexts of the Black Lives Matter and #MeToo Movements 

2. DIALOGUE
Comparing the Movements: Goals, Assumptions, and Methods of Black Lives Matter
and #MeToo

3. DIALOGUE
Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Transformation 

4. DIALOGUE
Missing Voices and the Quest for Historic Unity and Inclusivity 

5. DIALOGUE
Defining Success 

6. DIALOGUE
Black Lives Matter and #MeToo: Law, Culture, and Possibilities for Change 

CONCLUSION  
Continuing Conversations about Law, Social Movements, Black Lives Matter, and #MeToo 

Selected Key Readings 
Figure Credits 
Index