Beyond the formalist-realist divide : the role of politics in judging / Brian Z. Tamanaha.

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2010]

©2010

KF8775 .T36 2010

9780691142791 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0691142793 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780691142807 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0691142807 (pbk. : alk. paper)

x, 252 pages ; 24 cm

(OCoLC)320802257

"Drawing from extensive research into the writings of judges and scholar, Brian Tamanaha shows how, over the past century and a half, jurists have regularly expressed a balanced view of judging that acknowledges the limitations of law and of judges, yet recognizes that judges can and do render rule-bound decisions. He reveals how the story about the formalist age was an invention of politically motivated critics of the courts, and how it has led to significant misunderstandings about legal realism."--[book cover]

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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