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1、TheYaleLawJournalCompany,Inc.ObjectivityintheLawAuthor(s):GeorgeC.ChristieSource:TheYaleLawJournal,Vol.78,No.8(Jul.,1969),pp.1311-1350Publishedby:TheYaleLawJournalCompany,Inc.StableURL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/795234.Accessed:02/03/201103:07YouruseoftheJSTORarchiveindicatesyouracceptanceofJSTOR'
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5、TheYaleLawJournalCompany,Inc.iscollaboratingwithJSTORtodigitize,preserveandextendaccesstoTheYaleLawJournal.http://www.jstor.orgObjectivityintheLawGeorgeC.ChristietScholarlycriticismofjudicialdecision-makinghasbeenabundantandwide-rangingoverthepasttenyears.Ithasincludedchargesofjudicialusurpationand
6、complaintsaboutthequalityofjudicialopinions.Ithasbroughttheobjectivityofthecourtsintoquestion.WhiletheSupremeCourthasattractedthelargestvolumeofcriticism,1statecourts,2andevenlowerfederalcourts,3havebeenembroiledinsimilarcontroversy.Butscholarshavefounditeasiertodetecterrorsthantosuggestalternative
7、coursesofaction.ProfessorHenryHart,forexample,wasunabletodomuchmorethanremindthelegalprofes-sionthat"reasonisthelifeofthelaw."4Similarly,ProfessorWechslerhasurgedasearchfor"neutralprinciples"fortheadjudicat
