TY  - GEN
T1  - Beyond the formalist-realist divide : the role of politics in judging
A1  - Tamanaha, Brian Z.
LA  - English
PP  - Princeton
PB  - Princeton University Press
YR  - 2010
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn593215217
AB  - According to conventional wisdom in American legal culture, the 1870s to 1920s was the age of legal formalism, when judges believed that the law was autonomous and logically ordered, and that they mechanically deduced right answers in cases. In the 1920s and 1930s, the story continues, the legal realists discredited this view by demonstrating that the law is marked by gaps and contradictions, arguing that judges construct legal justifications to support desired outcomes. This often-repeated historical account is virtually taken for granted today, and continues to shape understandings about jud.
OP  - 252
CN  - KF8775 .T36 2010eb
SN  - 9781400831982
SN  - 1400831989
SN  - 1282458590
SN  - 9781282458598
SN  - 9780691142791
SN  - 9780691142807
SN  - 0691142793
SN  - 0691142807
KW  - Judges : United States.
KW  - Judicial process : United States.
KW  - Law : Political aspects : United States.
KW  - Law : United States : Philosophy.
KW  - Juges : États-Unis.
KW  - Processus judiciaire : États-Unis.
KW  - Droit : Aspect politique : États-Unis.
KW  - Droit : États-Unis : Philosophie.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Government : Judicial Branch.
KW  - LAW : Legal Services.
KW  - LAW : Civil Procedure.
KW  - LAW : Jurisprudence.
KW  - Judges
KW  - Judicial process
KW  - Law : Philosophy
KW  - Law : Political aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - Legal formalism.
KW  - Legal realism.
ER  -