Book Review:
Mark Tushnet, The Dialectics of Legal History, Reviewing “Patterns of American Legal Thought” by G. Edward White, 57 Texas L. Rev. 1295 (1979).
 

Abstract:
Professor Tushnet states that Professor White’s collection of previously published essays is merely a preliminary account on the new turn of the dialectical spiral. He argues Professor White’s essays lack textual analysis. Although White’s attention to structures of thought is found by Tushnet to be admirable, Tushnet concludes that White links these structures to society by little more than juxtaposition. The source of White’s inadequacies, Tushnet concludes, ultimately stems from his persuasive liberalism that is revealed in his essays.