02758nam 2200685 450 991082844010332120200903223051.090-04-27289-510.1163/9789004272897(CKB)2550000001306788(EBL)1693660(SSID)ssj0001194003(PQKBManifestationID)11644937(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001194003(PQKBWorkID)11147923(PQKB)10875608(MiAaPQ)EBC1693660(nllekb)BRILL9789004272897(Au-PeEL)EBL1693660(CaPaEBR)ebr10873747(CaONFJC)MIL612104(OCoLC)880531551(PPN)184937132(EXLCZ)99255000000130678820140531h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFormalism and pragmatism in American law /by Thomas C. GreyLeiden, Netherlands :Brill,2014.©20141 online resource (270 p.)The Social Sciences of Practice ;Volume 2Description based upon print version of record.90-04-27288-7 1-306-80853-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.The Social Sciences of Practice2.LawUnited StatesPhilosophyLegal positivismRealismPragmatismLegal formalismLawPhilosophy.Legal positivism.Realism.Pragmatism.340/.1Grey Thomas C.1719704MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828440103321Formalism and pragmatism in American law4117752UNINA