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The Stories of American LawRobert L. Hayman Jr.Widener University - School of Law Nancy LevitUniversity of Missouri at Kansas City - School of Law ON PHILOSOPHY IN AMERICAN LAW, Francis J. Mootz III, ed., Cambridge University Press, 2008 Widener Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-17 Abstract: This article discusses empiricism and narrative as the heirs of Legal Realism. It addresses both the legal academy's increasing emphasis on empirical research and the ways in which stories and storytelling are sifting into litigation and legal academic literature. The article also questions whether there are indicators of narrative truth by looking through the lenses of several recent cases, including Gonzales v. Carhart and Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 10 Keywords: Stories, storytelling, empiricism, narrative, Gonzales v. Carhart, Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1, Brown v. Board of Education, Karl Llewellyn, narrative, social science, racial segregation JEL Classification: J15, J70, J71, J78, K10, K42 Accepted Paper SeriesDate posted: October 22, 2007 ; Last revised: February 15, 2008Suggested CitationContact Information
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