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legal realism
Last modified: Thu Feb 23 16:37:37 2006
The legal realist movement was particularly active in the USA
in the period 1920-1940. Realists called for a recognition
that the judicial process was governed, not by application of
exact rules and precedents, but by policy and social factors.
Their viewpoint emphasised RuleScepticism and
FactScepticism XXX
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