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legal realism: a standalone construct

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Jurisprudence

the view that law is best understood through what courts and officials actually do, rather than through formal rules alone.

In jurisprudence, legal realism refers to the view that law is best understood through what courts and officials actually do, rather than through formal rules alone. This meaning comes from Llewellyn (1930) in Columbia Law Review.[1]

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Llewellyn, K. N. (1930). A Realistic Jurisprudence -- The Next Step. Columbia Law Review, 30(4), 431. https://doi.org/10.2307/1114548

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