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In this scholarly but eminently readable tome, Beryl H. Levy focuses on the law which is made by judges in the higher courts when an appeal is taken from the trial court. He specifically addresses closely contested cases where convincing briefs have been presented by both sides and where the judges on the appellate court are likely to be divided. The point of departure is the thinking of Justice Benjamin Cardozo, both a lawyer and philosopher, who was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1932 by President Herbert Hoover. He was particularly astute at recognizing emerging trends and forces in the country and making public law more responsive to them. His whole life was concerned with harmonizing legal rules with social values and reconciling the demands of stability and change in law. He was still on the bench when the first edition of this book appeared in 1938. A well crafted study, this historical work will appeal to anyone interested in the workings of the law. Technical language is minimal, and the appended opinions have been chosen with a view to being easily understood. Cardozo and Frontiers of Legal Thinking: With Selected Opinions by Beryl Levy
