The American realism school of thought is a reaction to an earlier school of thought, as with many other new attitudes and school of thoughts. Realism launches an assault against the earlier

The American realism school of thought is a reaction to an earlier school of thought, as with many other new attitudes and school of thoughts. Realism launches an assault against the earlier school of thoughts, such as natural law theories and positivism law theories, and claims that these schools of thought have no regard to the facts of life experience. In other words, Realism believes that these earlier schools of thought are not practical or pragmatic; they are purely theoretical. Many scholars believe that the birth of American Realism can be attributed primarily to their rather different traditions of their judiciary. In fact, one of the leading proponents of American Realism was Mr. Justice Holmes, a Justice of the US Supreme Court. Holmes’ famous statements include: “The life of the law is experience” and “The prophecies of what the courts will do… are what I mean by the law.” Are Holmes’s statements fair or not? Discuss