KnowraLegal formalismLinked fromLinked fromThe 19 pages that link to Legal formalism, each with the reason it gives.All 19Related 4Compared with 15CodificationRelated: A code-centered system can encourage reasoning from written rules and defined categories.Christopher Columbus LangdellRelated: Langdell’s account of law as a science is often associated with formalist reasoning.David Dudley Field IIRelated: Field’s emphasis on clear statutory rules raised questions about whether law could be fully systematized.Legal fictionRelated: Fictions can preserve formal doctrine while permitting results that its literal rules would block.