Karl Llewellyn

Karl Nickerson Llewellyn ( May 22nd, 1893 in Seattle, Washington, † February 13, 1962 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American legal scholar who became famous especially in connection with the legal realism. He is considered one of the fathers of the Uniform Commercial Code.

Llewellyn joined in 1914 because of his sympathy for Germany in the German army and fought on the Western Front. After being wounded in the Battle of Ypres in 1915, he was dismissed from the military service. Due to his participation on the German side, his application was rejected for inclusion in the U.S. Army after the entry of the United States 1917.

Writings (selection )

  • Präjudizienrecht and jurisprudence in America: A saying selection meeting. 2 parts in 2 volumes. Soft, Leipzig 1933.
  • The Cheyenne way: Conflict and case law in primitive jurisprudence. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1941.
  • The bramble bush: Some lectures on law and its study. Columbia University, New York, 1930.
  • The common law tradition: Deciding appeals. Little / Brown, Boston 1960.
  • Jurisprudence: Realism in theory and practice. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1962.
  • Law, life and society. Ed from the estate. by Manfred Rehbinder. Duncker and Humblot, Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-428-03960-2.
  • The theory of rules. Edited and with an introduction by Frederick Schauer. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2011.
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