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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791195303321

Autore

Grey Thomas C.

Titolo

Formalism and pragmatism in American law / / by Thomas C. Grey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

90-04-27289-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 p.)

Collana

The Social Sciences of Practice ; ; Volume 2

Disciplina

340/.1

Soggetti

Law - United States - Philosophy

Legal positivism

Realism

Pragmatism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Do We Have an Unwritten Constitution? -- 2 The Disintegration of Property -- 3 Langdell’s Orthodoxy -- 4 Holmes and Legal Pragmatism -- 5 Accidental Torts -- Bibliography -- Index of Terms.

Sommario/riassunto

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.