Law as a means to an end : threat to the rule of law - Tamanaha, Brian Z. (Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index
Keywords: Rule of law -- United States -- History; Law -- United States -- Philosophy; Legal positivism; Instrumentalism (Philosophy); Legal instrumentalism