American Legal Realism
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (825 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0195071239 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 344 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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No one should leave law school without it."--Eben Moglen, Columbia Law School"Good collection of writings and thoughts on the subject."--Sally Jo Vasicko, Ball State University. Every law student should read it."--Eric Lane, Hofstra Law School"A very helpful collection of well chosen materials."--Ray Forrester, University of California, Hastings"An excellent collection of materials which will be an invaluable resource in my teaching."--Jeff Powell, Duke University"High powered stuff!Well done!"--David Robinson, University of Houston-Downtown"Comprehensive and ro
With concise biographical notes as well as introductions to provide historical context, each selection addresses a different debate involving Legal Realism. Introduced and edited by noted scholars in the field, the anthology includes such contributors as Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Thayer, Roscoe Pound, John Chipman Gray, Wesley Hohfeld, Karl Llewellyn, Arthur Corbin, Nathan Issacs, Robert Hale, Harold Laski, Max Radin, and others. A comprehensive, in-depth discussion of the most influential movement in American legal history, and one which remains more than fifty years later the subject of lively debate, this collection of readings, written largely between 1900 and 1940, includes works from prominent writers on the subject that have never before been generally available. Included is a selective bibliography, making the text valuable to a broad range of scholars.
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"A Useful Compendium of Legal Realist Materials" according to Ronald H. Clark. Periodically, interest seems to rekindle in the Legal Realist movement of the 19A Useful Compendium of Legal Realist Materials Periodically, interest seems to rekindle in the Legal Realist movement of the 1930's. Most recently, Wouter de Been, a Dutch scholar, has written "Legal Realism Regained: Saving Realism from Critical Acclaim" (reviewed on Amazon). This group of legal scholars who sought to reorient our thinking toward the nature and ro. 0's. Most recently, Wouter de Been, a Dutch scholar, has written "Legal Realism Regained: Saving Realism from Critical Acclaim" (reviewed on Amazon). This group of legal scholars who sought to reorient our thinking toward the nature and ro