Llewellyn, Karl (Nickerson) (1893–1962)

US legal scholar. His speciality was unifying state laws and he helped write the Uniform Commercial Code. He also became an authority on American Indians' law. He wrote several books setting forth his broader approach to the law, one that stressed the common law and drew on sociology and anthropology – what he called ‘realistic jurisprudence’. His books include The Bramble Bush (1930), The Cheyenne Way (1941), and Jurisprudence: Realism, Theory and Practice (1962). Llewellyn was born in West Seattle, Washington. He taught at the law schools of Yale and Columbia universities (1930–51) before joining that of the University of Chicago (1951– 62).