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Twenty-First Century Formalism, Thomas B. Nachbar
Twenty-First Century Formalism, Thomas B. Nachbar
University of Miami Law Review
Formalism is one of the most widely applied but misunderstood features of law. Embroiled in a series of conflicts over the course of the twentieth century, formalism’s meaning has become confused as formalism has been enlisted by both proponents and opponents of specific legal methodologies. For some, formalism has simply become an epithet used to describe virtually anything they dislike in legal thinking. Used often and inconsistently as a stand-in (and frequently a strawman), formalism’s distinct identity has been lost, its meaning merged with whatever methodology it is being used to support or attack.
This Article seeks to separate formalism …
Subject Unrest, Jerome M. Culp Jr., Angela P. Harris, Francisco Valdes
Subject Unrest, Jerome M. Culp Jr., Angela P. Harris, Francisco Valdes
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