Formalism and pragmatism in American law
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Formalism and pragmatism in American law
(The social sciences of practice : the history and theory of legal practice, v. 2)
Brill, c2014
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [258]-259) and index
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Description
In Formalism and Pragmatism in American Law Thomas Grey gives a full account of each of these modes of legal thought, with particular attention to the versions of them promulgated by their influential exponents Christopher Columbus Langdell and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Grey argues that legal pragmatism as understood by Holmes is the best jurisprudential framework for a modern legal system. He enriches his theoretical account with treatments of central issues in three important areas of law in the United States: constitutional interpretation, property, and torts.
Table of Contents
Author's Biography
Series Foreword
Introduction
1 Do We Have an Unwritten Constitution?
The Pure Interpretive Model
Beyond Interpretation
The Implications of the Pure Interpretive Model
Beyond Interpretation: A Program of Inquiry
Conclusion
2 The Disintegration of Property
3 Langdell's Orthodoxy
4 Holmes and Legal Pragmatism
The Priority of Practice
Law as Experience
Law as Logic
Law as Prediction
Holmes Divided: The Spectator at the Storm Center
The End-Means Continuum and the Lawyer's Work
Appendix: Holmes and the Pragmatists
5 Accidental Torts
What is a Tort?
A Proper Subject
The Structure and Domain of Tort Law
Conclusion
Bibliography
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