Karl Llewellyn
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Karl Nickerson Llewellyn (May 22, 1893 – February 13, 1962) was an American jurisprudential scholar associated with the school of legal realism. The Journal of Legal Studies has identified Llewellyn as one of the twenty most cited American legal scholars of the 20th century.[1]
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Born | Karl Nickerson Llewellyn (1893-05-22)May 22, 1893 Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
Died | February 13, 1962(1962-02-13) (aged 68) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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Education | Yale University (LLB, JD) University of Lausanne |
Influences | Arthur L. Corbin, Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld |
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School or tradition | Legal realism |
Institutions | Columbia Law School University of Chicago Law School |
Notable works | The Bramble Bush: On Our Law and Its Study (1930) |
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