Jerome Frank (1889-1957) was a judge of the United States Court of Appeals and a philosopher who played a leading role in the legal realism movement. In his lifetime he also served as general counsel for the Agricultural Adjustment Administration and commissioner of the Securities Exchange Commission. In addition to the present work he also wrote Courts on Trial. Brian H. Bix is Frederick W. Thomas Professor of Law and Philosophy at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of Jurisprudence: Theory and Context (4th ed., 2006), A Dictionary of Legal Theory (Oxford, 2004), and Law, Language and Legal Determinacy (Oxford, 1993).

"Jerome Frank's book is an original, daring and profound contribution, not only to jurisprudence but also to social science in general." - Harry Elmer Barnes "One of the most stimulating and challenging books on law and thinking about law that has ever been written." - Thomas Reed Powell, Harvard Law School"

• Introduction to the Transaction Edition, Preface, Preface to Sixth Printing, PART ONE THE BASIC LEGAL MYTH, AND SOME OF ITS CONSEQUENCES, PART TWO THE BASIC MYTH, AND CERTAIN BRILLIANT LEGAL THINKERS, PART THREE CONCLUSION, APPENDIXES, Index

Jerome Frank (1889-1957) was a judge of the United States Court of Appeals and a philosopher who played a leading role in the legal realism movement. In his lifetime he also served as general counsel for the Agricultural Adjustment Administration and commissioner of the Securities Exchange Commission. In addition to the present work he also wrote Courts on Trial. Brian H. Bix is Frederick W. Thomas Professor of Law and Philosophy at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of Jurisprudence: Theory and Context (4th ed., 2006), A Dictionary of Legal Theory (Oxford, 2004), and Law, Language and Legal Determinacy (Oxford, 1993).

"Jerome Frank's book is an original, daring and profound contribution, not only to jurisprudence but also to social science in general." - Harry Elmer Barnes "One of the most stimulating and challenging books on law and thinking about law that has ever been written." - Thomas Reed Powell, Harvard Law School"

• Introduction to the Transaction Edition, Preface, Preface to Sixth Printing, PART ONE THE BASIC LEGAL MYTH, AND SOME OF ITS CONSEQUENCES, PART TWO THE BASIC MYTH, AND CERTAIN BRILLIANT LEGAL THINKERS, PART THREE CONCLUSION, APPENDIXES, Index

Jerome Frank (1889-1957) was a judge of the United States Court of Appeals and a philosopher who played a leading role in the legal realism movement. In his lifetime he also served as general counsel for the Agricultural Adjustment Administration and commissioner of the Securities Exchange Commission. In addition to the present work he also wrote Courts on Trial. Brian H. Bix is Frederick W. Thomas Professor of Law and Philosophy at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of Jurisprudence: Theory and Context (4th ed., 2006), A Dictionary of Legal Theory (Oxford, 2004), and Law, Language and Legal Determinacy (Oxford, 1993).

"Jerome Frank's book is an original, daring and profound contribution, not only to jurisprudence but also to social science in general." - Harry Elmer Barnes "One of the most stimulating and challenging books on law and thinking about law that has ever been written." - Thomas Reed Powell, Harvard Law School"

• Introduction to the Transaction Edition, Preface, Preface to Sixth Printing, PART ONE THE BASIC LEGAL MYTH, AND SOME OF ITS CONSEQUENCES, PART TWO THE BASIC MYTH, AND CERTAIN BRILLIANT LEGAL THINKERS, PART THREE CONCLUSION, APPENDIXES, Index