The legendary book by Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo explains, in detail and with his famous style, how judges make decisions. Cardozo (1870-1938) offered the world a candid and self-conscious study of how judges decide law--they are law-makers and not just law-appliers, he knew--drawn from his insights on the bench, in a way that no judge had before.
Asked "What is it that I do when I decide on a case? To what sources of information do I appeal for guidance?" Cardozo answered in timeless prose. This book is still read today by lawyers and judges, law students and scholars, historians and political scientists, and philosophers--anyone interested in how judges really think and the many decisional tools they employ.