Karl Llewellyn and the Realist Movement

1985. Norman, OK: Univ of Oklahoma Press, 1985.. Norman, OK: Univ of Oklahoma Press, 1985. Twining, William. Karl Llewellyn and the Realist Movement. London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, [1985]. xiv, 574 pp. Publisher's red cloth hardcover with gilt spine lettering, very good, in near-fine dust jacket. $65. * A title in the Law in Context series. First published in 1973, this printing includes the author's ten page Postscript. It is considered to be the definitive account of American legal realism and the work of its leader. The Journal of Legal Studies includes Llewellyn among the twenty most cited American legal scholars of the 20th century. Karl Llewellyn is the best known and most substantial jurist of the variegated group of lawyers known as the American Realists. A man of wide interests and colorful character, he made important contributions to legal theory, legal sociology, commercial law, contract law, civil liberties law, and legal education. This intellectual biography sets Llewellyn in the broad context of the rise of the American Realist Movement and contains a brief overview of Llewellyn's life and character before focusing attention on his most important works, including The Cheyenne Way, The Bramble Bush, The Common Law Tradition, the Uniform Commercial Code, and some significant manuscripts.