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There are vogues and fashions in jurisprudence as in literature and art and dress.

~Benjamin N. Cardozo

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The constant assumption runs throughout the law that the natural and spontaneous evolutions of habit fix the limits of right and wrong.

~Benjamin N. Cardozo

Topics: Assumption Constant Fix Habit Law Limits Natural Right Right And Wrong Runs Spontaneous Throughout Wrong

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Lawsuits are rare and catastrophic experiences for the vast majority of men, and even when the catastrophe ensues, the controversy relates most often not to the law, but to the facts. In countless litigations, the law Is so clear that judges have no discretion.

~Benjamin N. Cardozo

Topics: Catastrophe Catastrophic Clear Controversy Countless Discretion Even Experiences Facts Judges Law Lawsuits Majority Men Most Often Rare Relates Vast Vast Majority

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The judge is not the knight-errant, roaming at will in pursuit of his own ideal of beauty or of goodness.

~Benjamin N. Cardozo

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A trustee is held to something stricter than the morals of the market place. Not honesty alone, but the punctilio of an honor the most sensitive, is then the standard of behavior.

~Benjamin N. Cardozo

Topics: Alone Behavior Held Honesty Honor Market Morals Most Place Sensitive Something Standard Than Then

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Judge

Born: May 24th, 1870

Died: July 9th, 1938

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