Jurisprudence

Llewellyn, Karl N. Jurisprudence. Realism in Theory and Practice. [Chicago]: The University of Chicago Press, 1962. viii, 531 pp. Reprinted 2000 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-056923. ISBN 1-58477-067-8. Cloth. $95. Considered to be one of the great American legal philosophers of the twentieth century, Llewellyn [1893-1962], was a distinguished professor of law at the University of Chicago, visiting professor at Leipzig and Harvard Universities, and also taught at Yale and Columbia. He wrote extensively and was the chief draftsman of the Uniform Commercial Code. In this collection of essays Llewellyn presents his unique theory of Realism as applied to jurisprudence in theory; and social institutions, including the bar, in practice.