A Common Law for the Age of Statutes

A Common Law for the Age of Statutes
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 332
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ISBN-10 : 9780674029156
ISBN-13 : 0674029151
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Download or read book A Common Law for the Age of Statutes written by Guido Calabresi and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dominance of legislatures and statutory law has put an impossible burden on the courts. Guido Calabresi thinks it is time for this country seriously to consider returning to a traditional American judicial–legislative balance in which courts would enlarge the common law and would also decide when a rule of law has seen its day and should be revised.


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