The New Legal Realism: Volume 1: Translating Law-and-Society for Today's Legal Practice

This is the first of two volumes announcing the emergence of the new legal realism as a field of study. At a time when the legal academy is turning to social science for new approaches, these volumes chart a new course for interdisciplinary research by synthesizing law on the ground, empirical research, and theory. Volume 1 lays the groundwork for this novel and comprehensive approach with an innovative mix of theoretical, historical, pedagogical, and empirical perspectives. Their empirical work covers such wide-ranging topics as the financial crisis, intellectual property battles, the legal disenfranchisement of African-American landowners, and gender and racial prejudice on law school faculties. The methodological blueprint offered here will be essential for anyone interested in the future of law-and-society.

• | Author: Elizabeth Mertz, Stewart Macaulay, Thomas W. Mitchell
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: May 05, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 323 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Law
• | ISBN-10: 1107071135
• | ISBN-13: 9781107071131