Karl Llewellyn
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Karl Llewellyn was a prominent 20th-century American legal scholar and leading figure of the legal realism movement, known especially for his role in drafting the Uniform Commercial Code.
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| Karl Llewellyn canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4671773 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Karl Llewellyn Context triple: [legal realism, associatedWith, Karl Llewellyn]
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A.
Philip B. Heymann
Philip B. Heymann was an American legal scholar and former high-ranking U.S. Justice Department official known for his work in criminal law, national security, and public service.
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B.
Albert W. Selden
Albert W. Selden was a theatrical producer best known for his work on the acclaimed Broadway musical "Man of La Mancha."
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C.
James Cullen Landis
James Cullen Landis was an American silent film actor and occasional director active in the 1910s and 1920s.
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D.
John C. Austin
John C. Austin was a prominent early 20th-century American architect known for shaping the civic and cultural landscape of Los Angeles through several landmark buildings.
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E.
Leonard I. Garth
Leonard I. Garth was a United States federal appellate judge on the Third Circuit, known in part for mentoring future Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Karl Llewellyn Target entity description: Karl Llewellyn was a prominent 20th-century American legal scholar and leading figure of the legal realism movement, known especially for his role in drafting the Uniform Commercial Code.
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A.
Philip B. Heymann
Philip B. Heymann was an American legal scholar and former high-ranking U.S. Justice Department official known for his work in criminal law, national security, and public service.
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B.
Albert W. Selden
Albert W. Selden was a theatrical producer best known for his work on the acclaimed Broadway musical "Man of La Mancha."
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C.
James Cullen Landis
James Cullen Landis was an American silent film actor and occasional director active in the 1910s and 1920s.
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D.
John C. Austin
John C. Austin was a prominent early 20th-century American architect known for shaping the civic and cultural landscape of Los Angeles through several landmark buildings.
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E.
Leonard I. Garth
Leonard I. Garth was a United States federal appellate judge on the Third Circuit, known in part for mentoring future Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American jurist
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human ⓘ law professor ⓘ legal realist ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
American legal education
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United States commercial law ⓘ
linked to:
United States law
jurisprudential theory of realism ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Yale Law School
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Yale University ⓘ |
| employer |
Columbia Law School
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University of Chicago Law School ⓘ |
| familyName | Llewellyn ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
commercial law
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contracts law ⓘ jurisprudence ⓘ sales law ⓘ |
| givenName | Karl ⓘ |
| hasPart |
distinction between paper rules and real rules
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focus on actual judicial behavior ⓘ theory of law as a tool for social ends (instrumentalism) ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of the Uniform Commercial Code in the United States
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modern commercial law doctrine in the United States ⓘ subsequent generations of legal realists ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American pragmatism
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linked to:
American pragmatist movement
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leading figure of American legal realism
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major role in drafting the Uniform Commercial Code ⓘ scholarship on judicial decision-making ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | legal realism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Cases and Materials on the Law of Sales
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Karl Llewellyn and the Realist Movement (subject of later scholarship) ⓘ On the Good, the True, the Beautiful, in Law ⓘ The Bramble Bush ⓘ The Common Law Tradition: Deciding Appeals ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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legal theorist ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Soia Mentschikoff ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Chicago
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New York City ⓘ |
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