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... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > law and society > law and society research > American legal realism
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American legal realism  

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  • American legal realism was an intellectual movement among legal scholars in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. Often characterized as a reaction against formalism, legal realism viewed law as process rather than doctrine and emphasized its indeterminacy. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives; Realism, American Legal]

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