This concept is against the thinking of CLS scholars as highlighted by Russell “CLS critique is its attack on formalism... [T]he CLS caricature the notion that law is a deductive and autonomous science that is self-contained.”3 Formalists accepted law as science, in 1895 it was stated “An ideal system of law should draw its postulates and its legislative justification from science.”4 The closer we come to structuring a legal system that contains coherent and precise rules and scientifically analysed terms, the closer we will have a rational system of law.5 To consolidate this concept, attempts were made to establish patterns that were used to select precedents, and a logical structure of deduction by using syllogism. So determined were some academics to establish formalism as a science that in 1949 Lee Loevinger conducted a study which explored the study of scientific methods with
This concept is against the thinking of CLS scholars as highlighted by Russell “CLS critique is its attack on formalism... [T]he CLS caricature the notion that law is a deductive and autonomous science that is self-contained.”3 Formalists accepted law as science, in 1895 it was stated “An ideal system of law should draw its postulates and its legislative justification from science.”4 The closer we come to structuring a legal system that contains coherent and precise rules and scientifically analysed terms, the closer we will have a rational system of law.5 To consolidate this concept, attempts were made to establish patterns that were used to select precedents, and a logical structure of deduction by using syllogism. So determined were some academics to establish formalism as a science that in 1949 Lee Loevinger conducted a study which explored the study of scientific methods with