Peter Gabel

Who is Peter Gabel?

Peter Gabel, is an American law academic and associate editor of Tikkun, a bi-monthly Jewish critique of politics, culture, and society and has written a number of articles for the magazine on subjects ranging from the original intent of the framers of the Constitution to the creationism/evolution controversy. Gabel was a founder of the Institute for Labor and Mental Health in Oakland, California and is close to the Critical Legal Studies movement. He has published more than a dozen articles in law journals such as the Harvard Law Review and Texas Law Review, focusing on the role of law in shaping popular consciousness and on how law can best be used to bring about progressive social change.