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Can law be politically neutral?

How do scholars such as Kenneth Nunn critique the claim that law is neutral, and what do their arguments suggest about the relationship between legal systems, racial power, and democracy?

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  • Journal article · 1997

    Law as a Eurocentric Enterprise

    Kenneth B. Nunn

    A critical analysis of the relationship between Western legal traditions and racial power.

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