Name Gary Peller Role Professor | Region Western philosophy Main interests Philosophy of law | |
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Born 1955 New York City, United States Era 20th-/21st-century philosophy Notable ideas Critical Legal Studies, Critical Race Theory Education Harvard Law School, Emory University Influenced by Duncan Kennedy, Peter Gabel, Cornel West Similar People Duncan Kennedy, Louis Michael Seidman, Cornel West, Richard Rorty, Michel Foucault | ||
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Gary Peller (born 1955) is Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center and a prominent member of the critical legal studies and critical race theory movements.
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- Dr Tommy Curry talks about Critical Race Consciousness
- Education and early career
- Academic work and influence
- References
Education and early career
Peller received an Bachelor of Arts degree from Emory University in 1977 and a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School where he served as a member of the Harvard Law Review. Peller then clerked for Morris Lasker, a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He is currently a member of the Maryland state bar.
Academic work and influence
Peller was one of the central figures at the Conference on Critical Legal Studies. With Kimberle Crenshaw, Peller co-authored a widely cited article, "The Contradictions of Mainstream Constitutional Theory", published in the UCLA Law Review, and co-edited one of the standard texts in critical race theory. Peller is among the irrationalist branch of the critical legal studies movement, arguing that there is no neutral or objective rationality but rather what is understood as knowledge is a socially contingent result of prevailing power dynamics. He is also known for his debate with Mark Tushnet where he defended the critical race theorists' use of personal narrative rather than conventional arguments in their articles.