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Beyond the Formalist-Realist Divide: The Role of Politics in Judging
Beyond the FormalistRealist Divide The Role of Politics in Judging
Author: Brian Z. Tamanaha
According to conventional wisdom in American legal culture, the 1870s to 1920s was the age of legal formalism, when judges believed that the law was autonomous and logically ordered, and that they mechanically deduced right answers in cases. In the 1920s and 1930s, the story continues, the legal realists discredited this view by demonstrating th...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780691142807
ISBN-10: 0691142807
Publication Date: 10/26/2009
Pages: 264
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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