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The Legal Realism of Jerome N. Frank

A Study of Fact-Skepticism and the Judicial Process

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  • © 1959

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages N2-1
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  2. Introduction

    • Julius Paul
    Pages 3-11

  3. Foundations of American Legal Realism

    • Julius Paul
    Pages 13-30

  4. The Crusade Against the “Myth” of Legal Certainty

    • Julius Paul
    Pages 31-49

  5. Psychology as the New Weapon of Attack

    • Julius Paul
    Pages 51-67

  6. The Role of the Judge in the Judicial Process

    • Julius Paul
    Pages 69-92

  7. Trial by Jury and the Problem of Legal Education

    • Julius Paul
    Pages 93-116

  8. Frank’s Contributions to the Philosophy of American Legal Realism

    • Julius Paul
    Pages 117-150

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 157-178
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Between the Levite at the gate and the judicial systems of our day is a long journey in courthouse government, but its basic structure remains the same - law, judge and process. Of the three, process is the most unstable - procedure and facts. Of the two, facts are the most intractable. While most of the law in books may seem to center about abstract theories, doctrines, princi­ ples, and rules, the truth is that most of it is designed in some way to escape the painful examination of the facts which bring parties in a particular case to court. Frequently the emphasis is on the rule of law as it is with respect to the negotiable instru­ ment which forbids inquiry behind its face; sometimes the empha­ sis is on men as in the case of the wide discretion given a judge or administrator; sometimes on the process, as in pleading to a refined issue, summary judgment, pre-trial conference, or jury trial designed to impose the dirty work of fact finding on laymen. The minds of the men of law never cease to labor at im­ proving process in the hope that some less painful, more trustworthy and if possible automatic method can be found to lay open or force litigants to disclose what lies inside their quarrel, so that law can be administered with dispatch and de­ cisiveness in the hope that truth and justice will be served.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Legal Realism of Jerome N. Frank

  • Book Subtitle: A Study of Fact-Skepticism and the Judicial Process

  • Authors: Julius Paul

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-9493-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands 1959

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-011-8684-1Published: 01 January 1959

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-9493-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 177

  • Topics: Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History, Philosophy, general, History, general

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