Karl Llewellyn
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Karl Llewellyn was a prominent 20th-century American legal scholar and leading figure of the legal realism movement, known especially for his role in drafting the Uniform Commercial Code.
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| instanceOf |
American jurist
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human ⓘ law professor ⓘ legal realist ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
American legal education
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United States commercial law NERFINISHED ⓘ jurisprudential theory of realism ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Yale Law School
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Yale University ⓘ |
| employer |
Columbia Law School
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University of Chicago Law School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Llewellyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
commercial law
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contracts law ⓘ jurisprudence ⓘ sales law ⓘ |
| givenName | Karl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
distinction between paper rules and real rules
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focus on actual judicial behavior ⓘ theory of law as a tool for social ends (instrumentalism) ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of the Uniform Commercial Code in the United States
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modern commercial law doctrine in the United States ⓘ subsequent generations of legal realists ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American pragmatism
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leading figure of American legal realism
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major role in drafting the Uniform Commercial Code ⓘ scholarship on judicial decision-making ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | legal realism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Cases and Materials on the Law of Sales
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Karl Llewellyn and the Realist Movement (subject of later scholarship) ⓘ On the Good, the True, the Beautiful, in Law NERFINISHED ⓘ The Bramble Bush NERFINISHED ⓘ The Common Law Tradition: Deciding Appeals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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legal theorist ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Soia Mentschikoff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Chicago
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New York City ⓘ |
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