NATURE OF THE JUDICIAL PROCESS

by Cardozo, Benjamin

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New Haven:: Yale Univ.,, 1941. Short 1942 ink presentation (unknown initials); fore / bottom edges untrimmed; otherwise, condition quite good.. 1941 prtg. of 1921 first issue; often reprinted through 1997. ||| Cardozo (1870-1938) was N.Y. Court of Appeals Judge in 1921 when he wrote this work; appointed to U.S. Supreme Court by President Hoover in 1932. Considered `one of the dozen or so truly great Judges in the Court's history'--(DAB). `His influence was powerful in wisely reshaping legal doctrine to modern need'--Ency. Brit.). ||| He reflects on how Judges reach decisions by methods of philosophy, history, tradition, sociology; `The Judge as Legislator'; `Adherence to Precedent' (i.e., guided by past decisions but modified by present conditions).