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Cardozo and Frontiers of Legal Thinking: With Selected Opinions
By Beryl H. Levy
2000/03 - Beard Books
1893122689 - Paperback - Reprint - 333 pp.
US$34.95
This historical work portrays Justice Cardozo, a lawyer and philosopher, as concerned with harmonizing legal rules with social values and the demands of stability with changes in the law.
Publisher Comments
In this scholarly but eminently readable tome, Beryl H. Levy focuses on the law that is made by judges in the higher courts when an appeal is taken from the trial court.He specifically addresses closely contested cases where convincing briefs have been presented by both sides and where the judges on the appellate court are likely to be divided.The point of departure is the thinking of Justice Benjamin Cardozo, who recognized emerging trends and forces in the country and made public law more responsive to them.
From Findlaw
The first book-length work seriously to attempt to analyze Justice Cardozo's legal philosophy, principally through Levy's long (over 100 page) introductory essay; followed by selected opinions of the Justice, beginning with the Palsgraf case.
Beryl H. Levy was a professor at the Columbia University School of Law.
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Acknowledgment |
xiii |
| I. |
Cardozo in Contemporary Jurisprudence |
3 |
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Steering the Course |
3 |
| Legal Realism |
14 |
| Philosophy and Law |
22 |
| II. |
Doing Justice |
35 |
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A Dying Myth |
39 |
| 'Standing on' Precedent |
46 |
| Function of the Past |
57 |
| Vitalizing Law |
59 |
| Enforcing Ethics |
60 |
| Judicial Prestige |
63 |
| Collateral Factors |
64 |
| The Content of Justice |
68 |
| III. |
The Judge as Artist |
83 |
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Constructing the Opinion |
84 |
| Reshaping the Legal Corpus |
96 |
| Moulding Society |
101 |
| Summary Conclusion |
112 |
| Introduction to Opinions |
121 |
| Opinions |
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| Torts: Palsgraf v. Long Island R.Co., 248 N.Y.339, 162 N.E.99 (1928) |
124 |
| Contracts: Wood v. Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, 222 N.Y.88, 118 N.E.214 (1917) |
142 |
| Criminal Law: People v. Zackowitz, 254 N.Y.192, 172 N.E.466 (1930) |
145 |
| Agency: Schloendorff v. Society of New York Hospital, 211 N.Y.125, 105 N.E.92 (1914) |
159 |
| Partnership: Meinhard v. Salmon, 249 N.Y.458, 164 N.E.545 (1928) |
168 |
| Equity: Globe Woolen Co. v. Utica Gas & Electric Co.,
224 N.Y.483, 121 N.E.378 (1918) |
180 |
| Legal Ethics: Matter of Rouss, 221 N.Y.81, 116 N.E.782 (1917) |
187 |
| Corporations: Berkey v. Third Avenue R.Co., 244 N.Y.84, 155 N.E.58 (1926) |
196 |
| Damages: Jacob & Youngs v. Kent, 230 N.Y.239, 129 N.E.889 (1921) |
206 |
| Surety: Fosmire v. National Surety Company, 229 N.Y.44, 127 N.E.472 (1920) |
212 |
| Insurance: Silverstein v. Metropolitan Life Ins.Co., 254 N.Y.81, 171 N.E.914 (1930) |
215 |
| Wills: Matter of Fowles, 222 N.Y.222, 118 N.E.611 (1918) |
219 |
| Domestic Relations: Mirizio v. Mirizio, 248 N.Y.175, 161 N.E.461 (1928) |
226 |
| Negotiable Paper: Strang v. Westchester County Nat.Bank, 235 N.Y.68, 138 N.E.739 (1923) |
231 |
| Public Utilities: People ex rel. Lehigh Valley R. Co. v. State Tax Commission, 247 N.Y.9, 159 N.E.703 (1928) |
235 |
| Conflict of Laws: Dean v. Dean, 241 N.Y.240, 149 N.E.844 (1925) |
241 |
| Trusts: Re Horner's Will, 237 N.Y.489, 143 N.E.655 (1924) |
245 |
| Sales: Henry Glass & Co. v. Misroch, 239 N.Y.475, 147 N.E.71 (1925) |
258 |
| Real Property: Roman v. Lobe, 243 N.Y.51, 152 N.E.461 (1926) |
267 |
| Procedure: Tauza v. Susquehanna Coal Company, 220 N.Y.259, 115 N.E.915 (1917) |
272 |
| Evidence: Doyle v. Hofstader, 257 N.Y.244, 177 N.E.489 (1931) |
279 |
| Constitutional Law: Helvering v. Davis, 301 U.S.619 (1937) |
300 |
| Index |
311 |
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