The Nature of the Judicial Process (The Storrs Lectures Series)
by By Cardozo, Benjamin N
Category: Law , Judicial Power

In this famous treatise, a Supreme Court Justice describes the conscious and unconscious processes by which a judge decides a case. He discusses the sources of information to which he appeals for guidance and analyzes the contribution that considerations of precedent, logical consistency, custom, social welfare, and standards of justice and morals have in shaping his decisions.