Karl Llewellyn
- Jurist
- Karl Llewellyn
- School
- American Legal Realism
- Theory
- American Legal Realism; "law in action" vs "law in books"; Law-Jobs Theory — every group needs to perform basic functions (disposing of trouble cases, channelling conduct, allocating authority, net drive).
- Quote
Law is not a set of rules, but a set of practices and behaviors.
- Books
The Bramble Bush (1930), The Common Law Tradition: Deciding Appeals (1960), Jurisprudence: Realism in Theory and Practice
- Propounded
American Legal Realism; 'law in action' vs 'law in books'; Law-Jobs Theory (disposing of trouble cases, channelling conduct, allocating authority, net drive, juristic method)
- Born
- 1893
- Died
- 1962
- Portrait
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