American legal realism

GPTKB entity

Properties (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legal theory
gptkbp:advocatesFor law as a social construct
gptkbp:analyzes real-world outcomes of legal decisions
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Oliver_Wendell_Holmes_Jr.
gptkb:Karl_Llewellyn
Jerome_Frank
gptkbp:challenges traditional legal doctrines
gptkbp:competesWith formalism
gptkbp:developedBy 20th century
gptkbp:emphasizes judicial behavior
gptkbp:focusesOn practical consequences of law
gptkbp:hasInfluenceOn law and economics
critical legal studies
gptkbp:hasInventor legal education
judicial decision-making
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label American legal realism
gptkbp:influencedBy psychology
sociology
gptkbp:isAssociatedWith legal realism
gptkbp:isCharacterizedBy interdisciplinary approach
emphasis on judicial discretion
focus on real-world implications
skepticism towards legal doctrines
gptkbp:isCitedIn legal philosophy
sociology of law
gptkbp:isConsidered a movement against legal positivism
a precursor to critical legal studies
a response to legal formalism
gptkbp:isCriticizedFor legal formalists
natural law theorists
gptkbp:isDiscussedIn academic conferences
legal textbooks
gptkbp:isExaminedBy sociologists
legal historians
legal journals
law reviews
gptkbp:isExploredIn case studies
empirical research
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy social movements
progressive era reforms
political changes
gptkbp:isPartOf American_legal_thought
gptkbp:isReflectedIn case law analysis
legal practice
legal realism movement
law school curricula
gptkbp:isRelatedTo pragmatism
behaviorism
gptkbp:isSupportedBy legal scholars
practicing lawyers
gptkbp:isValuedFor lack of clear methodology
lack of normative guidance
overemphasis on empirical data
potential relativism
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:United_States