Tamanaha, Brian Z.

Law as a means to an end : threat to the rule of law / Brian Z. Tamanaha. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006 - xii, 254 p. ; 24 cm. - The law in context series . - Law in context. .

Includes bibliographical references and index

Non-instrumental views of law -- Changing society and common law in the 19th century -- Nineteenth century legislation and legal profession -- Instrumentalism of the legal realists -- 20th century Supreme Court instrumentalism -- Instrumentalism in legal academia in 1970's -- Instrumentalism in theories of law -- Instrumentalism in the legal profession -- Instrumentalism of cause litigation -- Instrumentalism and the judiciary -- Instrumentalism in legislation and administration -- Collapse of higher law, deterioration of common good -- The threat to legality.

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Rule of law--History.--United States
Law--Philosophy.--United States
Legal positivism.
Instrumentalism (Philosophy)

Legal instrumentalism