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Seeking to develop a rigorous, genuinely interdisciplinary approach to the empirical study of law.

From law on the books to law in action

NLR in the "news"

Collaborative Research Network debuts at LSA Berlin meeting in July with 8 panels, including Presidential Panel

NLR featured in ASA Law Section Presidential column

Upcoming Events


2008: March 14th - 15th: Conference: "New Legal Realism Conference Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Feminism & Legal Theory Project," University of Wisconsin Law School

 

NLR Reading Corner

New NLR working paper, "A New Legal Realism Method in International Economic Law Scholarship," by Gregory Shaffer

NLR in Law and Society Association Newsletter

Seminal NLR article translated in several languages

About NLR

The New Legal Realism Project (NLR) challenges scholars in law and social science to develop a more rigorous and productive interdisciplinary method for studying law. Read more about NLR here.

Studying law from the ground level up

to the top

A Tripartite Approach:   Translating Law, Social Science and Policy

Studying Law from the “Bottom Up to the Top”

Beginning with a Practice: A Renewed Pragmatism for Law

Bringing Empirical Research to Legal Education

New Legal Realism and “Legal Optimism”: Constructive Empirical Research on Law

New Legal Realism in the Global Arena

 

Resources and Links

Law and Society Association

American Sociological Association

American Society for Legal History

Association for Political and Legal Anthropology