The Paradoxes of Legal Science

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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

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Citation

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