| Description |
x, 249 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Jurists-- profiles in legal theory |
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Jurists-- profiles in legal theory.
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
"Legal Realism Regained 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 twentieth century. The book 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. It discusses the two movements with respect to three topics: their view of history, their view of social science, and their view of language." "Legal Realism Regained rejects the claim that critical legal studies can be seen as the heir or legal realism and argues that, with respect to each of these three topics, the realists still present a stronger argument than their more radical descendents."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-244) and index |
| Subject |
Law -- Philosophy.
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| LC no. |
2007018590 |
| ISBN |
9780804756594 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0804756597 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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