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A Common Law for the Age of Statutes: 8 (Oliver Wendell Holmes Lectures)
Guido Calabresi
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Description for A Common Law for the Age of Statutes: 8 (Oliver Wendell Holmes Lectures)
paperback. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
The dominance of legislatures and statutory law has put an impossible burden on the courts. Guido Calabresi thinks it is time for this country seriously to consider returning to a traditional American judicial–legislative balance in which courts would enlarge the common law and would also decide when a rule of law has seen its day and should be revised.
The dominance of legislatures and statutory law has put an impossible burden on the courts. Guido Calabresi thinks it is time for this country seriously to consider returning to a traditional American judicial–legislative balance in which courts would enlarge the common law and would also decide when a rule of law has seen its day and should be revised.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
Number of Pages
332
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674146051
SKU
V9780674146051
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Reviews for A Common Law for the Age of Statutes: 8 (Oliver Wendell Holmes Lectures)
This is a genuinely original and thoughtful book, one of the few in the jurisprudential genre that is both clearly written and devoid of cliché. It addresses current social and legal issues from an engagingly fresh, nonpolemical, and erudite perspective.
American Bar Association Journal
Calabresi has brought his ample juristic talents to bear on a foundational problem of ... Read more
American Bar Association Journal
Calabresi has brought his ample juristic talents to bear on a foundational problem of ... Read more