Legal Realism and American Law

by Justin Zaremby

Book Overview

In the first part of the 20th century, a group of law scholars offered engaging, and occasionally disconcerting, views on the role of judges and the relationship between law and politics in the United States. These legal realists borrowed methods from the social sciences to carefully study the law as experienced by lawyers, judges, and average citizens and promoted a progressive vision for American law and society. Legal realism investigated the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501309218
• ISBN13: 9781501309212
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"