When Do Facts Persuade: Some Thoughts on the Market for Empirical Legal Studies

Chambliss, Elizabeth

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When Do Facts Persuade: Some Thoughts on the Market for Empirical Legal Studies

Law & Contemporary Problems, Vol. 71, p. 17, 2008

NYLS Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08/09-9

24 Pages Posted: 4 Sep 2008

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Elizabeth Chambliss

University of South Carolina - Joseph F. Rice School of Law

Date Written: September 4, 2008

Abstract

This essay uses the occasion of reflection on Marc Galanter's work to analyze the ingredients for authority in socio-legal research. It focuses particularly on the recent enthusiasm for Empirical Legal Studies (ELS) within law schools, and the implications of this new brand of socio-legal scholarship for the quality and authority of the field.

Keywords: empirical legal studies, law and society, legal legends, social science, sociolegal, Galanter

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Chambliss, Elizabeth, When Do Facts Persuade: Some Thoughts on the Market for Empirical Legal Studies (September 4, 2008). Law & Contemporary Problems, Vol. 71, p. 17, 2008, NYLS Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08/09-9, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1263369