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- Title: Lawyers and Social Scientists: A Love –Match or Marriage of Convenience?
- Author(s): Anne Richardson Oakes
- Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
- Collection: Common Ground Research Networks
- Series: Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
- Journal Title: The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences: Annual Review
- Keywords: Social Science Evidence, Brandeis Brief, Social Science and Legal Strategy, Narratives in Law and Social Science
- Volume: 5
- Issue: 8
- Date: December 15, 2010
- ISSN: 1833-1882 (Print)
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/1833-1882/CGP/v05i08/51817
- Citation: Richardson Oakes, Anne. 2010. "Lawyers and Social Scientists: A Love –Match or Marriage of Convenience?." The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences: Annual Review 5 (8): 89-100. doi:10.18848/1833-1882/CGP/v05i08/51817.
- Extent: 12 pages
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Abstract
In the United States the use of social science evidence initiated the desegregation era but the Supreme Court’s modern affirmative action jurisprudence now makes demands which social science cannot satisfy. This article considers the limitations of empirical explanations in rights-based constitutional litigation in the context of contemporary debates concerning the future strategy of critical lawyering.
