Table of contents for Structures of judicial decision making from legal formalism to critical theory / by Roy L. Brooks.

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Table of Cases	
Table of Secondary Authorities	
Preface			
Acknowledgments	
Introduction 	
	A.	The Structure of Process	
	B.	Western Tradition 	
	C.	Policy and Judicial Policy-Formulation 	
		1.	Definition of Policy 	
		2.	Judicial Policy-Formulation 	
Part 1
Traditional Process
Section A
Logical Method	
Chapter 1 Legal Formalism 	
	A.	Overview 	
	B. 	The Rise of Legal Formalism 	
	C. 	Loaded Syllogisms 	
	D. 	Case Illustrations 	
	E. 	Criticisms 	
Chapter 2 Scalian Textualism 	
	A.	Overview 	
	B.	Basic Approach 	
	C.	Statutory Textualism 	
	D.	Constitutional Textualism 	
	E.	Criticisms 	
Section B
Policy Method	
Chapter 3 Legal Realism 	
	A. 	Background 	
	B. 	Shaping Forces 	
		1. 	Major Legal Force 	
		2. 	Major Nonlegal Forces 	
	C. 	Structure and Illustrations 	
		1. 	Unwritten Law 	
		2. 	Written Law 	
	D. 	Criticisms 	
Chapter 4 Sociological Jurisprudence 	
	A. 	Background 	
	B. 	Basic Approach 	
		1. 	Criticism of Legal Formalism 	
		2. 	Criticism of Legal Realism 	
	C. 	Structure 	
	D. 	Illustrations 	
		1. 	Common Law Setting 	
		2. 	Statutory Setting 	
		3. 	Constitutional Setting 	
	E. 	Criticisms 	
Chapter 5 Legal Process 	
	A.	Background 	
		1. 	Landis 	
		2. 	Hart and Sacks 	
	B. 	Components of Legal Process 	
		1. 	Purposive Action 	
		2. 	Institutional Settlement and Reasoned Elaboration 	
	C. 	Structure and Illustrations 	
		1. 	Common Law Setting 	
		2. 	Statutory Setting 	
		3. 	Constitutional Setting 	
	D. 	Criticism 	
Section C 
A Philosophical Synthesis	
Chapter 6 Philosophical Foundations 	
	A. 	Introduction 	
	B. 	Human Temperaments 	
		1. 	Pragmatism and Nominalism 	
		2. 	Positivism 	
Chapter 7 Levels of Judicial Analysis 	
	A. 	Introduction 	
	B. 	Judicial Temperaments 	
		1. 	Level 1: Judicial Positivism 	
		2. 	Level 2: Judicial Pragmatism 	
		3. 	Level 3: Judicial Nominalism 	
	C. 	Summary 	
Part 2
Critical Process
Section A
Critical Theory	
Chapter 8 Critical Theory: Central Element 	
	A. 	Intellectual History 	
		1.	Hegemony	
		2.	Structuralism in the Law	
			a.	Critical Legal Studies	
			b.	Critical Race Theory	
			c.	Critical Feminist Theory	
			d.	The Rights Controversy	
		3. 	The Postmodern Challenge	
	B. 	Anti-Objectivism	
		1. 	Three Levels of Anti-Objectivism	
		2. 	Perceiving Level 3 Bias	
		3. 	Proof of Level 3 Bias	
			a.	Psychologically - Cognitive Schemes	
			b.	Sociologically - Insider Privilege	
			c.	Institutional Policies or Practices	
			d. 	Transparency Phenomenon 	
	C. 	Conclusion 	
Chapter 9 Critical Theory: Operational Elements 	
	A.	Deconstruction and Reconstruction 	
	B. 	Equality Models 	
		1. 	Assimilation 	
		2. 	Pluralism 	
		3. 	SpecialRights/Accommodation/
			Empowerment/Acceptance 	
	C.	Criticalist Epistemologies 	
		1. 	Rational/Empirical 	
		2. 	Standpoint 	
		3. 	Postmodernism 	
		4. 	Positionality 	
Section B 
Critical Process	
Chapter 10 Structure of Critical Process 	
	A. 	From Legal Criticism to Judicial Theory 	
	B. 	Limitations on Process 	
	C. 	Two-Step Process 	
	D. 	Institutional Legitimacy 	
Chapter 11 In re Kulko v. Superior Court 	
	A. 	Facts 	
	B. 	Symmetrical Equality Model 	
		1. 	Subordination Question 	
		2. 	Internal Critique 	
	C. 	Asymmetrical Equality Model 	
		1. 	Subordination Question 	
		2. 	Internal Critique 	
	D. 	Hybrid Equality Model 	
		1. 	Subordination Question 	
		2. 	Internal Critique 	
Chapter 12 In re Brown v. Board of Education 	
	A. 	Back to 1954 	
	B. 	Symmetrical Equality Model 	
		1. 	Subordination Question 	
		2. 	Internal Critique 	
	C. 	Asymmetrical Equality Model 	
		1. 	Subordination Question 	
		2. 	Internal Critique 	
	D. 	Hybrid Equality Model 	
		1. 	Subordination Question 	
		2. 	Internal Critique 	
Epilogue		
Index		

Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:

Judicial process -- United States.
Formalities (Law).
Critical theory.