Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-29-2012
Recommended Citation
Valparaiso University School of Law, "Seegers Lecture on Jurisprudence 2012" (2012). Seegers Lecture on Jurisprudence. 1.
https://scholar.valpo.edu/slj/1
Comments
Legal Realisms, Old and New by Brian Leiter
"Legal Realism" now has sufficient cachet that scholars from many different fields and countries compete to claim the mantle of the "Realist program." But what does it mean to be a "legal realist"? Professor Leiter will answer this question first by exploring the relationship between American and Scandinavian Realism and by elaborating on the "Skeptical Doctrine" that links them. Professor Leiter will then debunk the myth that American Realism relied on social-scientific methods in its defense of the Skeptical Doctrine.