The chief object of this review is to give an accurate idea of the contents of Professor Llewellyn’s book, The Common Law Tradition: Deciding Appeals, thus supplying a general background for the other articles. The perfect review, for this purpose, would eliminate all personal reactions of the reviewer, but there are reasons why this ideal is impossible. The mere processes of selection and emphasis require some exercise of discretion, and,…
In the Oxford Universal Dictionary 1118 (3d ed. 1955), the word “lea” is defined as “Land that has remained untilled for some time; arable land under grass; land ‘laid down’ for pasture, grass-land.” Deliciously tempting, but quickly withdrawn from application here, is an alternative definition: “A measure of yarn of varying quantity.”