Formalism and Pragmatism in American Law: 2 (The Social Sciences of Practice, 2) - Hardcover

"There were good reasons why John Dewey and Chinese intellectuals found a special affinity for each other a century ago. Pragmatists emphasize actions more than abstractions, what works more than what is formally logical. And, for Oliver Wendell Holmes, pragmatism meant also combining both the practical and the socially desirable. Thomas Grey's work is included in this "Social Sciences of Practice" series because Grey can be considered the leading historian-theorist of America's (new) legal pragmatism in the tradition of Holmes and Dewey."
Professor Philip C. C. Huang, University of California, Los Angeles and Renmin University of China

In Formalism and Pragmatism in American Law Thomas Grey analyzes how these two influential modes of legal thought have influenced law in the United States since the late 19th Century.