The common law tradition : a collective portrait of five legal scholars / George W. Liebmann ; with a preface by Paul Carrington.
"The focus is Chicago in the 1960s, when the "law and economics" movement occupied a rather minor place. The five figures considered - Edward H. Levi, Harry Kalven, Jr., Karl Llewellyn, Philip Kurland, and Kenneth Culp Davis - did much to broaden the perspectives of the legal academy....
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New Brunswick :
Transaction Publishers,
[2005]
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| Summary: | "The focus is Chicago in the 1960s, when the "law and economics" movement occupied a rather minor place. The five figures considered - Edward H. Levi, Harry Kalven, Jr., Karl Llewellyn, Philip Kurland, and Kenneth Culp Davis - did much to broaden the perspectives of the legal academy. Levi made use of sociology, economics, and comparative law. Kalven collaborated with sociologists on the Jury Project and with economists on tax law and auto compensation plans. Llewellyn's commitment to empirical research underpinned his work on the Uniform Commercial Code. Kurland's approach to constitutional law was highlighted by his insistence on the relevance of legal history, Davis was an energetic comparativist in his work on administrative law. What distinguished these Chicagoans is that their work was practical and rooted in the law, and hence yielded concrete applications. The group's diversity, the tolerant atmosphere in which they taught and wrote, and the attachment of its individual members to empirical approaches differentiate them from today's legal scholars and make their ideas of continuing importance."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 367 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-346) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0765802813 9780765802811 |