The Growth of the Law

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book legal treatise

The Growth of the Law is a seminal legal treatise by Benjamin N. Cardozo that explores how judicial decision-making and evolving social needs shape the development of common law.

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Label	Occurrences
The Growth of the Law canonical	2

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Target entity: The Growth of the Law
Context triple: [Benjamin N. Cardozo, notableWork, The Growth of the Law]

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Target entity: The Growth of the Law
Target entity description: The Growth of the Law is a seminal legal treatise by Benjamin N. Cardozo that explores how judicial decision-making and evolving social needs shape the development of common law.

A. A Great and Good Law School
A Great and Good Law School is the guiding motto of the University of Virginia School of Law, reflecting its aspiration to combine academic excellence with a strong commitment to ethical and public service values.
B. The Court and the Constitution
The Court and the Constitution is a scholarly book by legal scholar and former U.S. Solicitor General Archibald Cox examining the role and evolution of the Supreme Court in interpreting the U.S. Constitution.
C. Law, Legislation and Liberty
Law, Legislation and Liberty is a three-volume work by economist and philosopher Friedrich Hayek that develops his theory of a liberal constitutional order grounded in the rule of law and spontaneous market processes.
D. Copyright: Cases and Materials
"Copyright: Cases and Materials" is a leading law school casebook on U.S. copyright law, co-authored by Jane C. Ginsburg and widely used for teaching and scholarly reference.
E. The Roots of American Order
The Roots of American Order is a seminal work of political and cultural history in which Russell Kirk traces the philosophical, religious, and legal foundations of American civilization from ancient times to the founding era.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ legal treatise ⓘ
aimsTo	explain how law grows through judicial decisions ⓘ reconcile stability of law with need for change ⓘ
author	Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo ⓘ surface form: Benjamin N. Cardozo
contributionTo	development of American jurisprudence ⓘ theory of judicial law-making ⓘ understanding of precedent in common law ⓘ
discusses	interaction between legislation and case law ⓘ interpretation of precedents ⓘ judicial discretion ⓘ stare decisis ⓘ
explores	adaptation of legal rules to changing conditions ⓘ creative function of the judge ⓘ limits of formal logic in adjudication ⓘ relationship between law and society ⓘ
focusesOn	growth of common law through precedent ⓘ influence of social needs on law ⓘ methods of judicial reasoning ⓘ role of judges in law-making ⓘ
genre	jurisprudence ⓘ legal theory ⓘ
hasImpactOn	debates about judicial activism ⓘ legal education in the United States ⓘ understanding of the common law method ⓘ
hasPart	lectures on judicial process ⓘ
hasPerspective	pragmatic approach to legal interpretation ⓘ realist approach to judging ⓘ
hasTheoreticalFramework	balancing of competing social interests ⓘ evolutionary view of law ⓘ
influencedBy	legal realism ⓘ surface form: American legal realism common law tradition ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	common law ⓘ evolution of law ⓘ judicial decision-making ⓘ legal development ⓘ
notableFor	analysis of how social needs shape legal rules ⓘ emphasis on growth and change in law ⓘ influence on 20th-century legal thought ⓘ
relatedWork	The Nature of the Judicial Process ⓘ
targetAudience	judges ⓘ lawyers ⓘ legal scholars ⓘ students of jurisprudence ⓘ

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Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo → notableWork → The Growth of the Law ⓘ

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Cardozo → notableWork → The Growth of the Law ⓘ