Robert Gordon – Law, ideology and critical legal studies
What is CLS? Critical legal studies (CLS) began in 1977, as a meeting of like-minded law teachers. The group is critical of mainstream legal thinking, and has gained a foothold […]
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Jerome Frank, Law and Modern Mind – Legal Realism
Frank seeks to explain, in a rough sense, what “the law” means for an average client when he or she consults a lawyer. He concedes that a complete definition of […]
Jerome Frank, Law and Modern Mind – Judicial Law Making
Jerome Frank is a legal realist who believes that judges do make and change laws. Frank’s thesis is that certainty in law is a legal myth. He concludes that the […]
The Role of Precedent in the English and the Italian Judicial System – Stare Decisis and Constant Jurisprudence (Part III)
6. Comparison The difference between these two countries is less marked than it appears. It is true that in common law decisions are considered law according to the Stare Decisis […]
The role of the Precedent in the English and the Italian Judicial system -Stare Decisis and Constant Jurisprudence (Part II)
England As a consequence of what we have seen, the heritage of English history is now a system in which there is not a written constitution. Nonetheless there are unwritten […]
