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Approximation to Free Decision
69
THE TASKS AWAITING FREEDOM OF JUDICIAL DECISION
76
Legal Science and the Courts
82
THE Need of SOCIOLOGICAL METHOD By Johann Georg Ġmelin I ON THE ART OF ADMINISTERING JUSTICE Page
85
Codes and Judicial Functions
86
Page
88
Statutes and Justice
89
The Demand for Reform
90
The Writings of Ernst Fuchs
92
Criticism of Supreme Court Decisions
93
More Decisions Criticized
96
A False Method
97
The Better Method
98
Conclusion
100
H ON THE SOCIOLOGICAL METHOD IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE 10 Law and Sociology
101
Mere Logical Deduction not a Sufficient Method
104
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105
The Sociological Method
107
Criticism of Supreme Court Decisions
109
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111
Further Criticisms by Fuchs
114
A Difficult Case
115
Further Criticisms Analyzed
116
80
117
The Subject continued
118
The Supreme Court sometimes Sociologically Correct
121
Individual Errors or False Method
122
The Prevailing Method not Working Properly
124
The Sense of Justice
125
The Theoretical Conception of Judgment
128
The Balancing of Interests
130
The Need of a Change in Attitude
131
Objections to the New Method
132
Some Objections Refuted
134
Some Opinions Regarding the New Method
136
Views of Düringer
139
30 Views of other Law Writers
141
The Subject continued
142
Conclusion
143
Roman Law
149
The Modern Problem
157
CHAPTER V
166
Free Application of Law Equivalent to Decision
172
The Principles of Freedom of Judicial Decision
178
CHAPTER VI
187
An Example of Effective Interpretation
194
The Intention of the Legislator
195
Broad and Narrow Interpretation
198
Interpretation of Unwritten Law
200
CHAPTER VII
202
CHAPTER VIII
229
Free Legal Decision
232
English Courts and Legal Development
233
Power of Adopting Rules of Procedure
235
The System of Following Precedent
237
Advantages
239
Drawbacks
241
Further Drawbacks
243
Unmanageable State of English Law
245
The True Function of the Judge
268
The English Doctrine is a Fiction
270
Fallacy of the English Doctrine
278
Courts and Legislature as Organs of Legal Production
279
11 Conclusion
284
Jurisprudence and other Social Sciences
289
Popular Notions
295
CRITICAL
305
Criticism of this Classification
312
Reason Ratio of the Law
319
Need for a Theory of Juridical Thinking
325
Some Positive Observations Regarding the Scope
334
Application of the Above Principles to Legal Con
342
The Legislator
349
THE PRINCIPAL METHODS OF INTERPRETATION
357
The Conservative Tendency
363
General Survey
369
Relation between Juridical thinking and Economic
377
The Place of the SubjectMatters of Projection in
384
The Analogy of Particular Legal Rules
391
26 SafetyValve Concepts
400
The Prevalent Theory of Interpretation as the
414
PART II
422
THE PROBLEM OF THE LEGISLATOR
429
The Study of the History of Law
437
Interpretation of Private Law
447
True Basis and Object of Jurisprudence
460
Governing Ideas of Future Codification
480
Origin of the Changes in Underlying Principles
486
CHAPTER XII
498
Different Kinds of Legal Technic Defined
500
Legislative Technic in the Narrow Sense
505
The Elements of Legislative Technic Classified
510
The Technic of Codification
513
The Technic of the Code Napoléon
516
Historical Sources of the Technic of the French Civil Code
518
The Preliminary Drafts of the French Civil Code
522
Characteristics of the French Code of 1804
527
The Legislative Technic of the Future
533
The Need for a Consciously Adopted Technic
534
The Technic of the German Civil Code
539
The New Swiss Civil Code
544
Merits of the Two Types Compared
549
Conclusion
555
CHAPTER XIII
558
Legislative Practice as a Constructive Factor
559
Increased Executive Participation in American Legis lation
562
Defects of American Legislative Procedure
563
English Private Bill Legislation
566
Improvement of Legislative Procedure
568
Legislative Commissions for the Preparation of Important Measures
569
Commissions
570
The Organization of Drafting Bureaus
572
Codification of Standing Clauses
575
Jurisprudence as a Constructive Factor
578
Source Material
583
INDEX
587
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TitleThe Modern Legal Philosophy Series...
Volume 9 of The Modern Legal Philosophy Series
ContributorAssociation of American Law Schools
PublisherBoston book Company, 1917
Original fromthe University of Michigan
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