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Feminist Legal Realism, Mae C. Quinn Jan 2012

Feminist Legal Realism, Mae C. Quinn

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This Article begins to rethink current conceptions of two of the most significant legal movements in this country1—Legal Realism and Feminist Jurisprudence. The story of Legal Realism has been retold for decades. Authors have dedicated countless books,2 law review articles,3 and blog posts4 to the subject. Legal and other scholars repeatedly have attempted to define better the movement and ascertain its adherents. Although the usual suspects— Karl Llewellyn, Roscoe Pound, and Jerome Frank—are almost always a part of the conversation, surprisingly few agree on the totality of Realism’s personage or parameters. The lists of those considered realists— and there are …


Jurisprudence For A Digital Age: Free Software And The Need For A New Media Legal Authority, Nicholas Clark Mar 2011

Jurisprudence For A Digital Age: Free Software And The Need For A New Media Legal Authority, Nicholas Clark

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

No abstract provided.


An Rsvp To Professor Wexler's Warm Therapeutic Jurisprudence Invitation To The Criminal Defense Bar: Unable To Join You, Already (Somewhat Similarly) Engaged, Mae C. Quinn Jan 2007

An Rsvp To Professor Wexler's Warm Therapeutic Jurisprudence Invitation To The Criminal Defense Bar: Unable To Join You, Already (Somewhat Similarly) Engaged, Mae C. Quinn

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This Article responds to Professor David 13. Wexler's recent suggestion that adopting Therapeutic Jurisprudence ("V) principles to create a new type of "rehabilitative" defense lawyer could improve the criminal defense bar. Contrary to the empirical foundation of the therapeutic justice movement, many of his proposed changes seem unsubstantiated. Others, such as calls for creative plea bargaining, are already part of the practice of quality defense attorneys. The "rehabilitative," -Pi defense lawyer may be overly paternalistic, imposing his interpretation of the facts and his standards of appropriate behavior on the accused; such a lawyer also may not comport with express ethical …


An Integrated Jurisprudence And Its Influence In Fighting Poverty, Kevin L. O'Shea Mar 1992

An Integrated Jurisprudence And Its Influence In Fighting Poverty, Kevin L. O'Shea

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Up From Feudalism: Harold Berman On The Canonical Origins Of Western Law (Review Of Berman: Law And Revolution: The Formation Of The Western Legal Tradition. Reviewed By Richard E. Rubenstein, Richard E. Rubenstein Jun 1986

Up From Feudalism: Harold Berman On The Canonical Origins Of Western Law (Review Of Berman: Law And Revolution: The Formation Of The Western Legal Tradition. Reviewed By Richard E. Rubenstein, Richard E. Rubenstein

Antioch Law Journal

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