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Legal Realism and the Burden of Symbolism: The Correspondence of Thurman Arnold

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2024

Warren J. Samuels
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Abstract

This study uses the recently published correspondence of Thurman W. Arnold to examine his work in legal realism, symbols, power, and antitrust. It focuses on how Arnold, seeing symbols as functional, not merely insubstantial, was quite comfortable in pursuing a successful career within the system and using symbols to affect behavior, as in his antitrust work.

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Review Essay
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Law & Society Review , Volume 13 , Issue 4 , Summer 1979 , pp. 997 - 1011
Copyright
Copyright © 1979 Law and Society Association.

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Footnotes

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The author wishes to thank John Henry Schlegel, Elizabeth Johnston, Stewart Macaulay, Joel Grossman, and two anonymous referees for their helpful comments on an earlier draft of the article.

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