The Nature of the Judicial Process

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The Nature of the Judicial Process is a classic 1921 legal treatise in which Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo analyzes how judges actually decide cases, exploring the interplay of precedent, logic, and social policy in judicial decision-making.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
legal treatise ⓘ
analyzes interplay of precedent, logic, and social policy ⓘ
author Benjamin N. Cardozo ⓘ
basedOn lectures delivered at Yale Law School ⓘ
centralTheme relationship between law and social needs ⓘ
tension between certainty and flexibility in law ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
discusses creative role of judges in lawmaking ⓘ
doctrine of stare decisis ⓘ
gap-filling in the law ⓘ
limits of formal logic in adjudication ⓘ
role of social interests in law ⓘ
explores ethical dimensions of judging ⓘ
role of custom and tradition in law ⓘ
sources of law ⓘ
focusesOn how judges decide cases ⓘ
genre non-fiction ⓘ
hasFormat digital edition ⓘ
print ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn judicial education in the United States ⓘ
scholarship on judging and courts ⓘ
hasLegacy frequently cited in discussions of judicial philosophy ⓘ
hasReputation classic work of American jurisprudence ⓘ
influenced American legal realism ⓘ
linked to: legal realism
language English ⓘ
lectureSeries Storrs Lectures ⓘ
legalSystem common law system ⓘ
notableFor influence on 20th-century legal thought ⓘ
systematic account of judicial method ⓘ
publicationYear 1921 ⓘ
publisher Yale University Press ⓘ
subject common law ⓘ
judicial decision-making ⓘ
judicial reasoning ⓘ
jurisprudence ⓘ
legal philosophy ⓘ
precedent ⓘ
role of judges ⓘ
targetAudience judges ⓘ
lawyers ⓘ
legal scholars ⓘ
timePeriodDiscussed early 20th century American law ⓘ
writtenByOccupationOfAuthor Associate Justice of the New York Court of Appeals ⓘ

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The Paradoxes of Legal Science → relatedWork → The Nature of the Judicial Process ⓘ
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