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The new legal realism. Volume I, Translating law-and-society for today's legal practice / edited by Elizabeth Mertz, Stewart Macaulay, Thomas W. Mitchell.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law--United States--Philosophy.
- Law.
- United States.
- Philosophy.
- Realism.
- Law--Study and teaching--United States.
- Law--Study and teaching.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxi, 303 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
- System Details:
- text file
- 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 1 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.
- Contents:
- Preface / Michael McCann
- Introduction : new legal realism: law and social science in the new millennium / Elizabeth Mertz
- A 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
- The financial crisis and moral accountability : translating practices of risk, profit and uncertainty / Alex Tham
- The 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:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 May 2016).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781107762336
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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