GOVT345 Quiz Legal Realism, Law and Social Theory Answers Winter 2025 LUO

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Question 1
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Roscoe Pound reacted to legal realism and urged a return to first
principles and logical deduction.


True



False

Pound said courts relied too heavily on logic and not enough on
social facts.


Question 2
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Holmes’s “bad man” approach to the law proves he is not a


consequentialist. True



False

The “bad man” approach is quintessentially consequentialist.


Question 3
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American legal realists are more practical whereas the Scandinavians
are interested in developing a more comprehensive theory.


True



False

, Question 4
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For Marx, law is an expression of the economic foundation of a society.

True



False



Question 5
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For legal realists, society is in a constant state of flux; law tries to
keep up with it.


True



False



IncorrectQuestion 6
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Llewellyn embraced law as a philosophical


inquiry. True



False

Llewellyn saw law as technology, like an engine with purposes or
functions not values.


IncorrectQuestion 7
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For Holmes, lawyers are basically hired guns.