Realist Lawyers and Realistic Legalists: A Brief Rebuttal to Judge Posner
7 Pages Posted: 26 Sep 2013
Date Written: September 19, 2013
Abstract
This short piece suggests that seeming differences between legal realism and what Judge Posner calls the "legalistic approach" are often more a matter of emphasis than substance. In reality, both camps recognize that law does not mechanistically determine outcomes in individual cases, but also that law matters for judicial decision making.
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Livermore, Michael A., Realist Lawyers and Realistic Legalists: A Brief Rebuttal to Judge Posner (September 19, 2013). Duke Law Journal, Vol. 59, 2010, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2328399
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