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Une Histoire Pragmatique Du Politique, William J. Novak, Stephen W. Sawyer
Une Histoire Pragmatique Du Politique, William J. Novak, Stephen W. Sawyer
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Comme le montre ce numero, nous ne sommes guere en manque de tentatives recentes de repenser l'histoire du politique. En effet, deux generations d'historiens ont deja produit un grand nombre de nouvelles approches et de perspectives a partir desquelles il est maintenant possible d'etudier l'histoire politique a nouveaux frais. Dans le contexte historiographique americain, nous avons ete temoins d'une serie de nouvelles approches allant de ce que l'on a appele la « nouvelle histoire sociale politique » des annees 1970 a l'effort des sciences sociales pour « repenser l'Etat » (Bringing the State Back In) dans les annees 1980 et …
Theory Wars In The Conflict Of Laws, Louise Weinberg
Theory Wars In The Conflict Of Laws, Louise Weinberg
Michigan Law Review
Fifty years ago, at the height of modernism in all things, there was a great revolution in American choice-of-law theory. You cannot understand what is going on in the field of conflict of laws today without coming to grips with this central fact. With this revolution, the old formalistic way of choosing law was dethroned, and has occupied a humble position on the sidelines ever since. Yet there has been no lasting peace. The American conflicts revolution is still happening, and poor results are still frustrating good intentions. Now comes Dean Symeon Symeonides, the author of the choice of- law …
The Law's Conscience: Equitable Constitutionalism In America, Neil A. Riemann
The Law's Conscience: Equitable Constitutionalism In America, Neil A. Riemann
Michigan Law Review
A Review of The Law's Conscience: Equitable Constitutionalism in America by Peter Charles Hoffer
Promise Fulfilled And Principle Betrayed, James J. White
Promise Fulfilled And Principle Betrayed, James J. White
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My responsibility in this paper is to address three questions. (1) How has the legal realist body of thought affected contract law and its application? (2) How will contract law and its application be affected in the future by realist thinking? (3) If the realist viewpoint were fully accepted, what kind of system would result and how would contract law be affected? Because my focus is upon a principal legislative monument to realism, Article Two of the Uniform Commercial Code (the "U.C.C."), and upon its drafter, Karl Llewellyn, I will not answer any of the three questions explicitly. By focusing …
Legal Realism At Yale, 1927-1960, Karin M. Wentz
Legal Realism At Yale, 1927-1960, Karin M. Wentz
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Legal Realism at Yale, 1927-1960 by Laura Kalman
Legal Realism And Historical Method: J. Willard Hurst And American Legal History, Stephen Diamond
Legal Realism And Historical Method: J. Willard Hurst And American Legal History, Stephen Diamond
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Law and Social Order in the United States by James Willard Hurst