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Law and the Modern Mind

Law and the Modern Mind

by Jerome Frank (Author)

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    Paperback 2009

    $59.94
Synopsis

Law and the Modern Mind first appeared in 1930 when, in the words of Judge Charles E. Clark, it fell like a bomb on the legal world. In the generations since, its influence has grown-today it is accepted as a classic of general jurisprudence.The work is a bold and persuasive attack on the delusion that the law is a bastion of predictable and logical action. Jerome Frank's controversial thesis is that the decisions made by judge and jury are determined to an enormous extent by powerful, concealed, and highly idiosyncratic psychological prejudices that these decision-makers bring to the courtroom.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 448
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: 15 Feb 2009
ISBN 10: 1412808308
ISBN 13: 9781412808309

Media Reviews
Jerome Frank's book is an original, daring and profound contribution, not only to jurisprudence but also to social science in general. - Harry Elmer Barnes One of the most stimulating and challenging books on law and thinking about law that has ever been written. - Thomas Reed Powell, Harvard Law School
Author Bio
Jerome Frank (1889-1957) was a judge of the United States Court of Appeals and a philosopher who played a leading role in the legal realism movement. In his lifetime he also served as general counsel for the Agricultural Adjustment Administration and commissioner of the Securities Exchange Commission. In addition to the present work he also wrote Courts on Trial. Brian H. Bix is Frederick W. Thomas Professor of Law and Philosophy at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of Jurisprudence: Theory and Context (4th ed., 2006), A Dictionary of Legal Theory (Oxford, 2004), and Law, Language and Legal Determinacy (Oxford, 1993).