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The new legal realism. Volume I, Translating law-and-society for today's legal practice / edited by Elizabeth Mertz (American Bar Foundation and University of Wisconsin School of Law), Stewart Macaulay (University of Wisconsin, Madison), Thomas W. Mitchell (Texas A&M University School of Law and Texas A&M Department of Agricultural Economics).

Van Pelt Library KF379 .N49 2016
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Macaulay, Stewart, 1931- editor.
Mertz, Elizabeth, editor.
Mitchell, Thomas W., editor.
McCann, Michael W., 1952- writer of preface.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Law--United States--Philosophy.
Law.
United States.
Philosophy.
Realism.
Law--Study and teaching--United States.
Law--Study and teaching.
Sociological jurisprudence.
Law (Philosophical concept).
Physical Description:
xxi, 303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Other Title:
Translating law-and-society for today's legal practice
Place of Publication:
New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Summary:
"This is the first of two volumes announcing the emergence of the new legal realism as a field of study. At a time when the legal academy is turning to social science for new approaches, these volumes chart a new course for interdisciplinary research by synthesizing law on the ground, empirical research, and theory. Volume I lays the groundwork for this novel and comprehensive approach with an innovative mix of theoretical, historical, pedagogical, and empirical perspectives. Their empirical work covers such wide-ranging topics as the financial crisis, intellectual property battles, the legal disenfranchisement of African-American landowners, and gender and racial prejudice on law school faculties. The methodological blueprint offered here will be essential for anyone interested in the future of law-and-society"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Preface to the New legal realism, volumes I and II / Michael McCann
New legal realism: law and social science in the new millennium / Elizabeth Mertz
New legal realism : elegant models and the messy law in action / Stewart Macaulay
Putting the "real world" into traditional classroom teaching / Jane H. Aiken and Ann Shalleck
Some realism about realism in teaching about the legal profession / Ann Southworth, Bryant Garth, and Catherine Fisk
"Fielding" legal realism : law students as participant- observers? / Riaz Tejani
Legal r/realism and jurisprudence : ten theses / William Twining
Legal realism in context / Brian Z. Tamanaha
Legal storytelling as a variety of legal realism / Robert W. Gordon
Combining methods for a new synthesis in law and empirical research / Elizabeth Mertz and Katherine Barnes
New legal realism and inequality / Thomas W. Mitchell
Financial crisis and moral accountability : translating practices of risk, profit and uncertainty / Alex Tham
Moment of possibles : some new legal realism about a "reality thriller" case / Hadi Nicholas Deeb
Translating law across cultures and societies : a conversation with David Bellos and Kim Lane Scheppele / David Bellos and Kim Lane Scheppele
Is there a lingua franca for the American legal academy? / Mary Anne Case.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781107071131
1107071135
OCLC:
919041875

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