The Nature of the Judicial Process - Hardcover

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Centennial anniversary hardcover edition. The legendary book by Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo explaining, in detail and with his famous style, how judges make decisions. 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. New in 2021, it is published in a library-quality hardcover edition -- with accurate reproduction of text and notes. Includes a modern, helpful, and explanatory Foreword by Justice Cardozo's premier modern biographer, Andrew L. Kaufman, a renowned 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, explaining the proper use of such decisional tools as logic and analogy to precedent; analysis of history and tradition; application of public policy, community mores, and sociology; and even the subconscious forces that drive judges' decisions. Part of the Legal Legends Series of Quid Pro Books, this edition is the understandable and usable rendition of a classic work of law and politics.

This is the mass-market hardback edition, published 100 years after the original. It offers the same content as in the 2016 paperback printing and other editions by Quid Pro Books -- but in a beautiful and durable, yet affordable -- hardcover format. NOTE that only the Quid Pro editions, in paperback, hardback, and ebooks, have the hyper-accurate reproduction of text, introduction by Professor Kaufman, photographs, and series editor's notes that this classic work deserves.

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