The Nature of the Judicial Process

Judges don't discover the law; they create it. A renowned and much-used analysis of the process of judicial decision-making, Cardozo's book has long been considered a classic. It is now in a quality digital edition with active contents, linked and correctly numbered footnotes, and hyper-accurate reproduction of text and notes. Includes a new, explanatory Foreword by Justice Cardozo's premier modern biographer, Andrew L. Kaufman, professor at Harvard Law School and author of 'Cardozo'...
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Judges don't discover the law; they create it. A renowned and much-used analysis of the process of judicial decision-making, Cardozo's book has long been considered a classic. It is now in a quality digital edition with active contents, linked and correctly numbered footnotes, and hyper-accurate reproduction of text and notes. Includes a new, explanatory Foreword by Justice Cardozo's premier modern biographer, Andrew L. Kaufman, professor at Harvard Law School and author of 'Cardozo' (Harvard Univ. Press, 1998). Justice Benjamin Nathan Cardozo (1870-1938) offered the world a candid and self-conscious study of how judges decide cases and the law - they are lawmakers and not just law-appliers, he knew - all drawn from his insights and experience on the bench in a way that no judge had done before. Asked the basic questions, "What is it that I do when I decide a case? To what sources of information do I appeal for guidance?," Cardozo answered them in his methodical, rich, and timeless prose. From Quid Pro Books, this edition is the understandable and usable rendition of a classic work of law and politics.