A Common Law for the Age of Statutes
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A Common Law for the Age of Statutes is a highly influential legal theory book by Guido Calabresi that examines how courts should interpret and adapt statutory law within modern legal systems.
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| A Common Law for the Age of Statutes canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Common Law for the Age of Statutes Context triple: [Guido Calabresi, notableWork, A Common Law for the Age of Statutes]
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A.
The Spirit of the Common Law
The Spirit of the Common Law is a seminal legal treatise that explores the historical development, underlying philosophy, and social function of the Anglo-American common law tradition.
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B.
The Common Law
The Common Law is a foundational 1881 legal treatise by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. that profoundly shaped American legal realism and modern understandings of judge-made law.
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C.
The Growth of the Law
The Growth of the Law is a seminal legal treatise by Benjamin N. Cardozo that explores how judicial decision-making and evolving social needs shape the development of common law.
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D.
The Paradoxes of Legal Science
The Paradoxes of Legal Science is a 1928 jurisprudential treatise by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo that explores the philosophical tensions and logical contradictions within legal reasoning and doctrine.
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E.
The Essentials from the Science of Legal Theory
The Essentials from the Science of Legal Theory is an English rendering of al-Ghazali’s seminal work in Islamic legal theory, presenting the foundational principles and methods of deriving Islamic law.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Common Law for the Age of Statutes Target entity description: A Common Law for the Age of Statutes is a highly influential legal theory book by Guido Calabresi that examines how courts should interpret and adapt statutory law within modern legal systems.
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A.
The Spirit of the Common Law
The Spirit of the Common Law is a seminal legal treatise that explores the historical development, underlying philosophy, and social function of the Anglo-American common law tradition.
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B.
The Common Law
The Common Law is a foundational 1881 legal treatise by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. that profoundly shaped American legal realism and modern understandings of judge-made law.
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C.
The Growth of the Law
The Growth of the Law is a seminal legal treatise by Benjamin N. Cardozo that explores how judicial decision-making and evolving social needs shape the development of common law.
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D.
The Paradoxes of Legal Science
The Paradoxes of Legal Science is a 1928 jurisprudential treatise by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo that explores the philosophical tensions and logical contradictions within legal reasoning and doctrine.
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E.
The Essentials from the Science of Legal Theory
The Essentials from the Science of Legal Theory is an English rendering of al-Ghazali’s seminal work in Islamic legal theory, presenting the foundational principles and methods of deriving Islamic law.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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legal theory book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
law
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law and economics ⓘ legal philosophy ⓘ |
| addresses |
how courts should respond to obsolete statutes
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methods for updating statutory meaning ⓘ tension between legislative supremacy and judicial interpretation ⓘ |
| aimsTo | reconcile common law methods with a statute-dominated legal order ⓘ |
| author | Guido Calabresi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citationContext | often cited in U.S. legal scholarship on statutory interpretation ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describedBySource | highly influential in legal theory ⓘ |
| genre |
jurisprudence
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legal theory ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
institutional analysis of courts and legislatures
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normative theory of how courts should behave ⓘ |
| inAcademicCanon | modern American legal theory ⓘ |
| influencedField |
judicial decision-making theory
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law and economics ⓘ statutory interpretation doctrine ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
judges
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law students ⓘ legal scholars ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalSystemContext | common law ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
evolution of statutory law
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judicial lawmaking ⓘ relationship between common law and statutes ⓘ role of courts in modern legal systems ⓘ statutory interpretation ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence on debates about judicial activism and restraint
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systematic theory of judicial treatment of statutes ⓘ |
| proposes | framework for courts to adapt statutes over time ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
common law method
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dynamic statutory interpretation ⓘ judicial updating of law ⓘ legislative supremacy ⓘ |
| relatedWorkAuthor | Guido Calabresi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfWork | monograph ⓘ |
| workFocus |
evolution of legal rules over time
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modern statutory regimes ⓘ |
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