Author's Biography; Series Foreword; Introduction; 1 Do We Have an Unwritten Constitution?; I The Pure Interpretive Model; II Beyond Interpretation; III The Implications of the Pure Interpretive Model; IV Beyond Interpretation: A Program of Inquiry; V Conclusion; 2 The Disintegration of Property; 3 Langdell's Orthodoxy; 4 Holmes and Legal Pragmatism; I The Priority of Practice; II Law as Experience; III Law as Logic; IV Law as Prediction; V Holmes Divided: The Spectator at the Storm Center; VI The End-Means Continuum and the Lawyer's Work; Appendix: Holmes and the Pragmatists.
5 Accidental TortsI What is a Tort?; II A Proper Subject?; III The Structure and Domain of Tort Law; IV Conclusion; Bibliography; Index of Terms.
Summary
In Formalism and Pragmatism in American Law Thomas Grey analyzes how these two influential modes of legal thought have influenced law in the United States since the late 19th Century.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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