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Law Is What The Judge Had For Breakfast: A Brief History Of An Unpalatable Idea, Dan Priel May 2020

Law Is What The Judge Had For Breakfast: A Brief History Of An Unpalatable Idea, Dan Priel

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According to a familiar adage the legal realists equated law with what the judge had for breakfast. As this is sometimes used to ridicule the realists, prominent defenders of legal realism have countered that none of the realists ever entertained any such idea. In this Essay I show that this is inaccurate. References to this idea are found in the work of Karl Llewellyn and Jerome Frank, as well as in the works of their contemporaries, both friends and foes. However, the Essay also shows that the idea is improperly attributed to the legal realists, as there are many references …


Writing The Social History Of Legal Doctrine, Cynthia Nicoletti Jan 2016

Writing The Social History Of Legal Doctrine, Cynthia Nicoletti

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On Absences As Material For Intellectual Historical Study, John Henry Schlegel Jan 2016

On Absences As Material For Intellectual Historical Study, John Henry Schlegel

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Causation, Legal History, And Legal Doctrine, Charles Barzun Jan 2016

Causation, Legal History, And Legal Doctrine, Charles Barzun

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Mr. Peabody's Improbable Legal Intellectual History, Mark Fenster Jan 2016

Mr. Peabody's Improbable Legal Intellectual History, Mark Fenster

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The Equal Protection Clause In The Supreme Court 1873-1903, Richard S. Kay Oct 1980

The Equal Protection Clause In The Supreme Court 1873-1903, Richard S. Kay

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The Structure Of Blackstone's Commentaries, Duncan Kennedy Apr 1979

The Structure Of Blackstone's Commentaries, Duncan Kennedy

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The Uniqueness Of The Warren And Burger Courts In American Constitutional History, P. Allan Dionisopoulos Apr 1973

The Uniqueness Of The Warren And Burger Courts In American Constitutional History, P. Allan Dionisopoulos

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Towards A Subjective Theory Of Law: Some Legal Implications Of Existentialism, Barry Bassis Oct 1972

Towards A Subjective Theory Of Law: Some Legal Implications Of Existentialism, Barry Bassis

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No abstract provided.


The Influence Of Bentham's Philosophy Of Law On The Early Nineteenth Century Codification Movement In The United States, George M. Hezel Oct 1972

The Influence Of Bentham's Philosophy Of Law On The Early Nineteenth Century Codification Movement In The United States, George M. Hezel

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Some Considerations On The Existential Force Of Roman Law In The Early History Of The United States, Mitchell Franklin Oct 1972

Some Considerations On The Existential Force Of Roman Law In The Early History Of The United States, Mitchell Franklin

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Paper prepared for the II Congreso interamericano de derecho romano of the Seminario de derecho romano de la facultad de derecho de la Universitad nacional autónoma de México, July 17-21, 1972, in coordination with, the Associación interamericana de derecho romano, with seat at the Universidad de Paraiba, Joao Pessoa, Brasil.


Jeremy Bentham's Codification Proposals And Some Remarks On Their Place In History, Terry Difilippo Oct 1972

Jeremy Bentham's Codification Proposals And Some Remarks On Their Place In History, Terry Difilippo

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No abstract provided.