Pragmatic Instrumentalism in Twentieth Century American Legal Thought—A Synthesis and Critique of Our Dominant General Theory about Law and Its Use

Authors

Robert S. Summers, Cornell Law SchoolFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1981

Keywords

Pragmatic instrumentalism, Value theory, Predictive theory, Analytical positivism, Natural law theory

Disciplines

Jurisprudence | Law and Philosophy | Legal History

Recommended Citation

Summers, Robert S., "Pragmatic Instrumentalism in Twentieth Century American Legal Thought—A Synthesis and Critique of Our Dominant General Theory about Law and Its Use" (1981). Cornell Law Faculty Publications. 1227.
https://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/facpub/1227

Publication Citation

Published in: Cornell Law Review, Vol. 66, No. 5 (1981).