The Nature of the Judicial Process (With Notes)

This volume collects the four Storrs Lectures Delivered at Yale University by Benjamin N. Cardozo. Included are "The Method of Philosophy," "The Methods of History, Tradition and Sociology," "The Method of Sociology. The Judge as a Legislator," and "Adherence to Precedent. The Subconscious Element in the Judicial Process.' Includes numerous notes on the lectures.

In this famous treatise, Benjamin N. Cardozo, from 1932-1938 Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, describes in simple and understandable language the conscious and unconscious processes by which a judge decides a case. He discusses this sources of information to which he appeals for guidance and analyzes the contribution that considerations of precedent, logical consistency, custom, and standards of justice and morals have in shaping his decisions.