Legal realism regained : saving realism from critical acclaim / [electronic resource]
de Been, Wouter,1966-
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Law,
2008.
This title presents a comparison between the legal realists, a group of pragmatic legal theorists from the 1920s and 1930s, and critical legal studies, a movement of postmodern legal theory during the end of the 20th century. It argues for a return to legal realism and the classical pragmatism of John Dewey and William James, and for a rejection of the postmodern critique of critical legal studies.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-244) and index.
A tale of two movements -- The seeds of time : legal realism and legal history -- The wealth of historicism : legal history in the critical mold -- Everything flows and nothing abides : the realist turn to social science -- Oh, the tangled webs we weave : the CLS critique of social science -- Night of the living dead : legal realist anticonceptualism -- The world well lost : variations on the linguistic theme -- Realizing realism : reconstruction in legal theory.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
This title presents a comparison between the legal realists, a group of pragmatic legal theorists from the 1920s and 1930s, and critical legal studies, a movement of postmodern legal theory during the end of the 20th century. It argues for a return to legal realism and the classical pragmatism of John Dewey and William James, and for a rejection of the postmodern critique of critical legal studies.
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Law, Politics & Government
Law, General & Comparative
Legal realism.