Home›Legal Philosophy and Jurisprudence›Legal RealismGroupLegal RealismLegal Realism gathers the jurists and legal scholars associated with legal realism and its closely related schools, sociological jurisprudence, the free-law movement and related psychological and interest-based theories of law, the twentieth century movement that challenged formalist accounts of legal reasoning by insisting that judicial decisions are shaped by social fact, policy and the judge's own experience as much as by abstract legal rules. Centered heavily at American law schools such as Yale and Columbia in the 1920s and 1930s, the movement also had close continental counterparts in Europe's sociology of law and free-law scholarship.FactsBrowse BySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonDefining CharacteristicWell-attestedLegal realists who held that jurisprudence should emulate natural science and rely on empirical evidence of how judges actually decide cases. 1Formation YearWell-attested1920 CE 1Browse ByAll Legal RealismLegal Realism17 entriesLegal RealismFilter Results17 entriesRoleAllAnd Soviet criminologist and legal historian (1)Dramatist and author (1)Jurist and politician (1)Lawyer, educator, writer, and diplomat (1)Legal philosopher and federal judge (legal realism) (1)Legal scholar (legal realism) (1)Legal scholar and educator (1)Legal scholar and the John S (1)Philosopher and legal scholar (1)Nationality or JurisdictionAllAmerican (3)Austria (1)Denmark (1)French (1)German (1)Russian (3)Sweden (2)Swedish (1)United States (4)Legal SystemAllGerman Legal System (1)Law of Austria (1)Law of Denmark (1)Law of Russia (1)Law of Sweden (3)Law of the United States (7)Doctrines FormulatedAllUnconscionability (1)Field of LawAllCivil / Private Law (1)Commercial and Business Law (3)Comparative Law (1)Criminal Law (3)Human Rights Law (2)Legal Philosophy and Jurisprudence (7)GenderAllMale (17)Court Served OnAllEuropean Court of Human Rights (1)United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 17Adolf A. BerleLegal Philosophy and Jurisprudence1 linkAlf RossLegal Philosophy and Jurisprudence2 linksAxel HägerströmLegal Philosophy and Jurisprudence1 linkBrian LeiterLegal Philosophy and Jurisprudence1 linkBrian TamanahaLegal Philosophy and Jurisprudence1 linkEugen EhrlichLegal Philosophy and Jurisprudence1 linkFelix CohenLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceGrant GilmoreLegal Philosophy and Jurisprudence1 linkJerome FrankLegal Philosophy and Jurisprudence2 linksKarl LlewellynLegal Philosophy and Jurisprudence2 linksKarl OlivecronaLegal Philosophy and Jurisprudence1 linkLeon PetrazyckiLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceMikhail Nikolaevich GernetLegal Philosophy and JurisprudenceMikhail ReisnerLegal Philosophy and Jurisprudence1 linkPhilipp HeckLegal Philosophy and Jurisprudence1 linkRoscoe PoundLegal Philosophy and Jurisprudence1 linkVilhelm LundstedtLegal Philosophy and Jurisprudence1 linkSources1. Legal realism (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaLegal realism, lead sectiona naturalistic approach to law; it is the view that jurisprudence should emulate the methods of natural science; that is, it should rely on empirical evidenceLegal realism, lead section, 1920s-1930s emergence sentenceThe movement emerged in the United States during the 1920s and 1930s, particularly among federal judges and lawyers in the Roosevelt administration.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.