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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]