American legal realism

Author(s)

Bibliographic Information

American legal realism

edited by William W. Fisher III, Morton J. Horwitz, Thomas A. Reed

Oxford University Press, 1993

  • : cloth
  • : paper

Available at  / 25 libraries

Search this Book/Journal

Note

Bibliography: p. 319-326

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: cloth ISBN 9780195071221

Description

This anthology offers a set of readings in legal realism, the most influential movement in American legal history, and one that remains the subject of lively debate. The readings were written between 1900 and 1940 and are not generally available.
Volume

: paper ISBN 9780195071238

Description

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. 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. With concise biographical notes as well as introductions to provide historical context, each selection addresses a different debate involving Legal Realism. Included is a selective bibliography, making the text valuable to a broad range of scholars.

Table of Contents

  • I. ANTECEDENTS
  • II. THE STRUGGLE OVER THE MEANING OF "REALISM"
  • III. LAW AND THE MARKET
  • IV. THE CRITIQUE OF THE PUBLIC/PRIVATE DISTINCTION
  • V. LAW AND ORGANIZATIONAL SOCIETY
  • VI. LEGAL REASONING
  • VII. LAW AS SOCIAL SCIENCE
  • VIII. LEGAL EDUCATION AND LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

Page Top