Karl Llewellyn and the Realist Movement

Abstract

Part I. The Rise of the Realist Movement, 1870-1931: Introduction: 1. Langdell's Harvard 2. Corbin's Yale, 1897-1918 3. Columbia in the 1920s 4. The aftermath of the split 5. The realist controversy, 1930-1 Part II. The Life and Work of Karl Llewellyn: A Case Study: 6. The man 7. Two early works 8. The Cheyenne Way 9. Law in our society 10. The Common Law Tradition 11. The genesis of the uniform commercial code 12. The jurisprudence of the uniform commercial code 13. Miscellaneous writings 14. The significance of Llewellyn: an assessment Part III. Conclusion: 15. The significance of realism.