The judicial process is one of compromise, a compromise between paradoxes, between certainty and uncertainty, between the literalism that is the exal… - Benjamin N. Cardozo

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The judicial process is one of compromise, a compromise between paradoxes, between certainty and uncertainty, between the literalism that is the exaltation of the written word and the nihilism that is destructive of regularity and order.

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About Benjamin N. Cardozo

Benjamin Nathan Cardozo (24 May 1870 – 9 July 1938) was a long-time Justice of the Court of Appeals of New York, where his opinions included many declarations that would become famous in legal circles; he was appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1932.

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Alternative Names: Benjamin Nathan Cardozo Benjamin Cardozo

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