A Common Law for the Age of Statutes

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.

List of contents

1. Choking on Statutes

About the author

Guido Calabresi

Summary

The dominance of legislatures and statutory law has put an impossible burden on the courts. Guido Calabresi thinks it is time for this country to seriously consider returning to a traditional American judicial–legislative balance in which courts enlarge the common law and decide when a rule of law has seen its day and should be revised.

Product details

• Authors: Guido Calabresi
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1985
• EAN: 9780674146051
• ISBN: 978-0-674-14605-1
• No. of pages: 332
• Dimensions: 235 mm x 156 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 526 g
• Series: Oliver Wendell Holmes Lectures; Oliver Wendell Holmes Lectures
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries