Escuela Nocturna LPE: Derecho y Marxismo

Please join us for the fourth session of the LPE Night School: Law and Marxism with Rafael Khachaturian and Igor Shoikhedbrod on **April 4th at 6:15pm at the New School for Social Research (**Room UL 104 in University Center)! If you would like to attend in person, please register here by noon on April 4th.

Law and Marxism

What does Marxism have to teach us about law? Does law always reflect the interests of the ruling class, and if so, why does it take on a universal, general form under capitalism? What role–if any–would law have in a socialist or communist society? Marxist approaches from the nineteenth century to the present have grappled with these questions, resulting in a rich theoretical legacy. During this session, the presenters will draw on their work in progress, The Revolution of Law: Developments in Soviet Legal Theory, 1917-1931, to reflect on the challenges associated with revolutionary transformation, the possibilities unleashed, as well as roads not taken, and the differences between liberal and Marxist approaches to law under conditions of revolutionary transition.

La Night School es una colaboración entre LPE NYC y el departamento de Política de la New School for Social Research diseñada para introducir a los no abogados al derecho desde una perspectiva crítica. Desde el aumento de la desigualdad hasta el afianzamiento de las jerarquías de raza, clase, género e identidad, el derecho está inextricablemente unido a muchos de nuestros problemas más apremiantes. Pero las formas dominantes de analizar el derecho pueden ocultar su papel en la vida social y económica. Los enfoques de LPE ('Derecho y Economía Política') buscan mostrar cómo el derecho estructura nuestra economía política distintiva con el fin de elaborar mejores herramientas para el cambio social.

If you would like to attend in person, **please register here **by noon on April 4th. If you would like to attend virtually, please register here.