pect ives ▁of ▁both ▁critical ▁legal ▁studies ▁and ▁conventional ▁civil ▁rights ▁scholar ship , ▁while ▁sharp ly ▁contest ing ▁both ▁of ▁these ▁fields . ▁Ang ela ▁P . ▁Harris ▁describes ▁C RT ▁as ▁sharing ▁" a ▁commit ment ▁to ▁a ▁vision ▁of ▁liber ation ▁from ▁rac ism ▁through ▁right ▁reason " ▁with ▁the ▁civil ▁rights ▁tradition . ▁It ▁de construct s ▁some ▁prem ises ▁and ▁arguments ▁of ▁legal ▁theory ▁and ▁simultaneously ▁holds ▁that ▁leg ally ▁constructed ▁rights ▁are ▁incred ibly ▁important . ▁In ▁Ang ela ▁P . ▁Harris ' ▁view , ▁as ▁described ▁by ▁Der rick ▁Bell , ▁critical ▁race ▁theory ▁is ▁committed ▁to ▁" rad ical ▁critique ▁of ▁the ▁law ▁( which ▁is ▁norm atively ▁de const ruction ist ) ▁and ▁... ▁radical ▁em an cip ation ▁by ▁the ▁law ▁( which ▁is ▁norm atively ▁reconst ruction ist ). " ▁ ▁C RT ' s ▁theoretical ▁elements ▁are ▁provided ▁by ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁sources . ▁ ▁Richard ▁Del g ado ▁and ▁Jean ▁Stef anc ic ▁have ▁documented ▁the ▁following ▁major ▁them es ▁as ▁characteristic ▁of ▁work ▁in ▁critical ▁race ▁theory : ▁ ▁A ▁critique ▁of ▁liberal ism : ▁C RT ▁sch ol ars ▁favor ▁a ▁more ▁ag gress ive ▁approach ▁to ▁social ▁transformation ▁as ▁opposed ▁to ▁liberal ism ' s ▁more ▁c aut ious ▁approach , ▁favor ▁a ▁race - cons cious ▁approach ▁to ▁transformation ▁rather ▁than ▁liberal ism ' s ▁em brace ▁of ▁color ▁blind ness , ▁and ▁favor ▁an ▁approach ▁that ▁re lies ▁more ▁on ▁political ▁organ izing , ▁in