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Rudolf Von Jhering, Iredell Jenkins
Rudolf Von Jhering, Iredell Jenkins
Vanderbilt Law Review
It is often the fate of the giants of thought to have their names live on while their doctrines are neglected, and even for their reputations to wax as their influence wanes. Indeed, this happens at some periods to the work that all such men leave behind them; it is esteemed but not appreciated, acknowledged but not cultivated. The precise reasons for this fall into oblivion vary with every individual case, but there is one factor that is common and constant: the prominence within the work of these men of ideas that push inquiry beyond the comfortable limits that are …
John Dewey--A Philosophy Of Law For Democracy, Jay W. Murphy
John Dewey--A Philosophy Of Law For Democracy, Jay W. Murphy
Vanderbilt Law Review
On what bases can a philosophy of law be founded which is equal to the task of the democratization of man in the world today? The purpose of this article is to present some suggestions concerning the fuller use of John Dewey's philosophy in this important regard. In addition to an examination of Dewey's theory of justice, it will be suggested that the richness of Dewey's thought and the variety of its uses in legal scholarship and legal education have yet to be felt.