Jerome Frank
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Jerome Frank was an influential American legal philosopher and judge known as a leading figure of the legal realism movement, emphasizing the indeterminacy of law and the role of judges’ personal perspectives in legal decisions.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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judge ⓘ legal philosopher ⓘ legal realist ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
law
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philosophy of law ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1889-09-10 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1957-01-13 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Chicago
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University of Chicago Law School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
NERFINISHED
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United States federal judiciary NERFINISHED ⓘ Yale Law School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
administrative law
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jurisprudence ⓘ legal theory ⓘ securities regulation ⓘ |
| genre | legal non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasNationality | American ⓘ |
| influenced |
critical legal studies
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law and psychology scholarship ⓘ modern jurisprudence on judicial decision-making ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American pragmatism
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Sigmund Freud ⓘ |
| knownFor |
arguing that judicial decisions are influenced by judges’ personal experiences
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critiquing formalist conceptions of legal certainty ⓘ emphasizing fact-skepticism in adjudication ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | American legal realism movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | legal realism ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
emphasis on judges’ personal perspectives in legal decisions
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indeterminacy of law ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Courts on Trial
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If Men Were Angels NERFINISHED ⓘ Law and the Modern Mind NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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judge ⓘ lawyer ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New York City ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New Haven, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
New Haven
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New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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