ABSTRACT

In the recent re-introduction of his book Local Knowledge, 1 Clifford Geertz remarked, "it is hard to decide which is the more difficult task: starting a line of thought, or sustaining one. "2 In many respects, I, too, have felt this difficulty acutely. I began talking about legal problem solving in the 1970s, while attempting to reframe the

2. Id. at ix.