Off to Meet the Wizard: Beyond Validity and Reliability in the Search for a Post-empiricist Sociology of Law

A critique of the direction taken by the Amherst Seminar on Legal Ideology and Legal Processes following the publication of "Critical Empiricism' in American Legal Studies: Paradox, Program, or Pandora's Box?" by David M. Trubek & John Esser (Law and Social Inquiry, 1989, 14,...

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Published in:Law & social inquiry 1990-01, Vol.15 (1), p.155-170
Main Author: Sarat, Austin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attorneys
Empirical evidence
Empiricism
International Studies
Law
Methodological Problems
Methodology (Philosophical)
Philosophical realism
Review Section Debate: Interpretation in Sociolegal Research
Scientific belief
Scientific method
Scientific observation
Scientism
Social law
Social sciences
Sociology of Law
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Summary:A critique of the direction taken by the Amherst Seminar on Legal Ideology and Legal Processes following the publication of "Critical Empiricism' in American Legal Studies: Paradox, Program, or Pandora's Box?" by David M. Trubek & John Esser (Law and Social Inquiry, 1989, 14, 3), particularly its attempts to reject universal scientism for those who pursue empirical & critical research. The misinterpretation of the Amherst Seminar's work by Trubek & Esser as guided by the rules of universal scientism is explored, & a broader understanding of universal scientism & postempiricist social science is advanced, confirming Trubek's & Esser's argument for the utility of the latter. T. Francis
ISSN:0897-6546
1747-4469
1545-696X
DOI:10.1111/j.1747-4469.1990.tb00279.x