Essay On Critical Race Theory

Introduction
In accordance with the statement “The law is a tool of domination, and cannot be used to resist existing power structures” from the question provided, a link can be drawn in relation to twentieth century political movements and ideologies regarding their similar as well as differing perspectives on the nature of law and power. The movements that will be taking part in the analysis of the law and the power it maintains through the lenses of Marxist and feminist thought and lastly critical race theory. With each movement being formed out of various issues experienced within society, all three thoughts have certain characterises that another thought shares.
The Rule of Law and the nature of the law itself
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Critical race theory is a movement that had taken and continuously takes shape as a result from the ideas of pre-existing movements such as the critical legal studies movement and a radical feminist movement. Theorists within critical race theory strive, through the analysis of the structures of law as well as legal traditions within society (particularly within America) to recognise inbuilt racism within the structure of the law through the “history, contemporary experiences, and racial sensibilities of racial minorities”. Critical race theory is a twentieth century movement emerging from the 1970s as a movement created on the realisation for new “theories and strategies were needed to combat the subtler forms of racism” that were remerging in society as a result of the stalling of the civil rights (within America). With regards to the forming of the CRT movement, (Delgado & Stefancic, 2001) asserts that “CRT began as a movement in the law” where law was initially the original discipline under critical race