What has once been settled by a precedent will not be unsettled over night, for certainty and uniformity are gains not lightly to be sacrificed.

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Topic

Stare decisis Constitutional theory

Speaker

Benjamin Cardozo

Source

The Paradoxes of Legal Science

Language

English

Time

1928 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Supreme Court Justice Judge Lawyer

From

United States

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Citation

Cardozo, Benjamin Nathan. "Stability and Progress." The Paradoxes of Legal Science. Columbia University Press, 1928.

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The world today is sick to its thin blood for lack of elemental things, for fire before the hands, for water welling from the earth, for air, for the dear earth itself underfoot.

Henry Beston

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Topic
Man and nature Alienation The elements Nature

Author

Henry Beston
Source
The Outermost House
Genre
Nature writing Autobiography and memoir
Language
English
Time
1928 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Beston, Henry. The Outermost House. Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1928, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Beston, Henry. The Outermost House. Holt Paperbacks, 2003, ch. 1.