Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1995
Abstract
This Article probes the philosophical and psychological attractions of formalism and suggests that its promise of stability and order may be essential to the effective functioning of the legal system, even if the promise can never be realized.
Recommended Citation
Lidsky, Lyrissa Barnett, Defensor Fidei: The Travails of a Post-Realist Formalist, 47 Fla. L. Rev. 815 (1995).