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92 Nw. U. L. Rev. 251 (1997-1998)
Political Science and the New Legal Realism: A Case of Unfortunate Interdisciplinary Ignorance

handle is hein.journals/illlr92 and id is 271 raw text is: Copyright 1997 by Northwestern University, School of Law Printed in USA. Northwestern University Law Review Vol. 92, No. I POLITICAL SCIENCE AND THE NEW LEGAL REALISM: A CASE OF UNFORTUNATE INTERDISCIPLINARY IGNORANCE Frank B. Cross* I. THE TRADITIONAL LEGAL MODEL ..................................................... 255 IU. EXAMINING THE ATTITuDINAL MODEL .............................................. 265 A. Theory of the Attitudinal Model ................................................... 265 B. Evidence for the Attitudinal Model .............................................. 275 III. QUESTIONING THE ATTrruDNAL MODEL .......................................... 279 A. The Limited Internal/External Critique ........................................ 280 B. Closer Examination of the Attitudinal Model .............................. 285 1. Selective Evidence ................................................................. 285 2. Redefining the Categories ...................................................... 290 3. The Judicial Maximand ......................................................... 294 4. Limited Results ...................................................................... 303 C. Balancing Legal and Attitudinal Models ...................................... 309 IV. IMPLICATIONS OF THE ATTITUDINAL MODEL FOR LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP .......................................................................... 312 A. Doctrinal/Normative Research ..................................................... 314 1. Law as Philosophy ................................................................. 314 2. Law as Social Science ............................................................ 318 3. Positive Political Theory ........................................................ 320 B. Incorporating the Attitudinal Model in Legal Research ............... 321 V . CONCLUSION ....................................................................................... 326 Courts are the mere instruments of the law, and can will nothing. When they are said to exercise a discretion, it is a mere legal discretion, a discretion to be exercised in discerning the course prescribed by law; and, when that is discerned, it is the duty of the Court to follow it. Judicial power is never exer- cised for the purpose of giving effect to the will of the Judge; always for the purpose of giving effect to the will of the Legislature; or, in other words, to the will of the law.' -Chief Justice John Marshall, 1824 * Professor of Business Regulation, University of Texas at Austin. 1 Osborn v. Bank of United States, 22 U.S. 738, 866 (1824).

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