04123nam 2200613Ia 450 991045482400332120200520144314.00-674-02915-110.4159/9780674029156(CKB)1000000000815994(SSID)ssj0000335985(PQKBManifestationID)11245432(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335985(PQKBWorkID)10296952(PQKB)11639290(MiAaPQ)EBC3300124(Au-PeEL)EBL3300124(CaPaEBR)ebr10313840(OCoLC)923109387(DE-B1597)574768(DE-B1597)9780674029156(EXLCZ)99100000000081599419810722d1982 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrA common law for the age of statutes[electronic resource] /Guido CalabresiCambridge, MA Harvard University Press1982319 pThe Oliver Wendell Holmes lectures ;1977Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-14604-2 0-674-14605-0 Includes bibliography and index.Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- A Common Law for the Age of Statutes I Choking on Statutes -- I Choking on Statutes -- II The Flight to the Constitution and to Equal Protection Clauses -- III The Passive Virtues -- IV Interpretation -- V The New Deal Response: Administrative Agencies -- VI Legislative Responses -- VII Structural Responses -- VIII A New Approach: Antecedents and Roots -- IX The Doctrine: A Question of Legitimacy -- X The Doctrine: Limits and Guidelines -- XI The Doctrine: Techniques and Feasibility -- XII The Role of Courts in an Age of Statutes -- XIII The Dangers of the Doctrine -- XIV The Uses and Abuses of Subterfuge -- XV The Choice for Candor -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Table of Cases -- IndexThe dominance of legislatures and statutory law has put an impossible burden on the courts. Guido Calabresi thinks it is time for this country seriously to consider returning to a traditional American judicial-legislative balance in which courts would enlarge the common law and would also decide when a rule of law has seen its day and should be revised.Table of Contents: 1. Choking on Statutes 2. The Flight to the Constitution and to Equal Protection Clauses 3. The Passive Virtues 4. Interpretation 5. The New Deal Response: Administrative Agencies 6. Legislative Responses 7. Structural Responses 8. A New Approach: Antecedents and Roots 9. The Doctrine: A Question of Legitimacy 10. The Doctrine: Limits and Guidelines 11. The Doctrine: Techniques and Feasibility 12. The Role of Courts in an Age of Statutes 13. The Dangers of the Doctrine 14. The Uses and Abuses of Subterfuge 15. The Choice for Candor Notes Works Cited Table of Cases Index Reviews of this book: This is a genuinely original and thoughtful book, one of the few in the jurisprudential genre that is both dearly written and devoid of cliché. It addresses current social and legal issues from an engagingly fresh, nonpolemical, and erudite perspective.--American Bar Association JournalReviews of this book: Calabresi has brought his ample juristic talents to bear on a foundational problem of the legal and democratic process.in its quality, timeliness and provocativeness [this book] is likely to stand alongside the seminal works of Ronald Dworkin and Grant Gilmore.--Columbia Law ReviewOliver Wendell Holmes lectures ;1977.StatutesUnited StatesCommon lawUnited StatesElectronic books.StatutesCommon law347.308348.73Calabresi Guido1932-231388MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454824003321Common law for the Age of Statutes983800UNINA