American Legal Realism
Fisher editor Reed editor Horwitz editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
Published:23rd Feb '95
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
This anthology will offer a set of readings in Legal Realism, the most influential movement in American legal history, and one which more than fifty years later remains the subject of lively debate. Realist essays and reviews, written chiefly between 1900 and 1940, are difficult to obtain. The anthology will for the first time make a wide range of Realist work generally available. The forty selections of Realist writing will be preceeded by a general introduction by the three editors one of whom (Mort Horwitz) is considered one of the preeminent scholars writing on this subject. Headnotes to the selections will provide a concise biographical note for each essayist and an explanation of the legal and political issues at stake in the selections. The anthology will also make available for the first time a comprehensive annotated bibliography which should be very valuable to an interdisciplinary group of scholars. Readings include selections from the writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Thayer, Roscoe Pound, John Chipman Gray, Wesley Hohfeld, Karl Llewellyn, Arthur Corbin, Nathan Isaacs, Lon Fuller, Robert Hale, Morris Cohen, Louis Jaffe, Jerome Frank, John Dewey, James Landis, Harold Laski, Benjamin Cardozo, Max Radin, Louis Brandeis and others.
[A] highly useful collection....The selections chosen for inclusion, the introductory discussion of each section, and the extensive citations all make this an essential volume for the study of law in American society. * American Studies International *
A very thoughtful selection of pre-Realist and Realist essays with marvelous introductory notes. Not just a useful teaching tool, but a valuable addition to understanding Realism. * Gregory Mark, Chicago-Kent College of Law *
This carefully selected and expertly edited collection of Realist texts should serve both students and their professors very well. It may well become a standard book for legal history courses. * Norman Rosenberg, Macalester College *
Very useful in teaching American legal history. * Louise Halper, Washington and Lee Law School *
Wonderful and very well edited. Every law student should read it. * Eric Lane, Hofstra Law School *
A very helpful collection of well chosen materials. * Ray Forrester, University of California, Hastings *
An excellent collection of materials which will be an invaluable resource in my teaching. * Jeff Powell, Duke University *
High powered stuff!...Well done! * David Robinson, University of Houston-Downtown *
Comprehensive and rounded. * Thomas G. Barnes, University of California, Berkeley *
Realism remade the landscape of our law; in today's new world of transcendental nonsense, we ignore the Realists at our peril. Too many do, and this book is therefore essential. No one should leave law school without it. * Eben Moglen, Columbia Law School *
Good collection of writings and thoughts on the subject. * Sally Jo Vasicko, Ball State University *
ISBN: 9780195071238
Dimensions: 157mm x 234mm x 24mm
Weight: 494g
344 pages