Brandeis Brief

Brandeis Brief

The Brandeis Brief was a pioneering legal brief that was the first in United States legal history to rely not on pure legal theory, but also on analysis of factual data. It is named after litigator Louis Brandeis, who collected empirical data from hundreds of sources in the 1908 case "Muller v. Oregon".

The Brandeis Brief changed the direction of the Supreme Court and of U.S. law. The Brandeis Brief became the model for future Supreme Court presentations in cases affecting the health or welfare of classes of individuals. This model was later successfully used in "Brown v. Board of Education" to demonstrate the harmful psychological effects of segregated education on African-American children.

Further reading

*cite journal |last=Evans |first=Sandra S. |authorlink= |coauthors=Scott, Joseph E. |year=1983 |month= |title=Social Sicentists as Expert Witnesses: Their Use, Misuse, and Sometimes Abuse |journal=Law & Policy Quarterly |volume=5 |issue=2 |pages=181–214 |issn=01640267 |url= |accessdate= |quote=
*cite journal |last=Garfinkel |first=Herbert |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1959 |month= |title=Social Science Evidence and the School Segregation Cases |journal=Journal of Politics |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=37–59 |doi=10.2307/2126643 |url= |accessdate= |quote=
*cite journal |last=Tomkins |first=Alan J. |authorlink= |coauthors=Oursland, Kevin |year=1991 |month= |title=Social and social scientific perspectives in judicial interpretations of the constitution: A historical view and an overview |journal=Law and Human Behavior |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=101–120 |doi=10.1007/BF01044613 |url= |accessdate= |quote=

External links

* The full [http://www.law.louisville.edu/library/collections/brandeis/node/235 Brandeis Brief] , courtesy of the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law (University of Louisville)


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