SOURCE: A review of The Nature of the Judicial Process, in American Political Science Review, Vol. XVI, No. 4, November, 1922, pp. 710-11.

In the following essay on The Nature of the Judicial Process, Dodd focuses on Cardozo's explanation of the various factors that influence the decisions of appellate courts.

Seldom in a similar space will a student of legal institutions find so much of interest as in these lectures of Judge Cardozo [The Nature of the Judicial Process]. With a wealth of knowledge and a felicity of practical illustration the author outlines the influences which actually mould the judgments of appellate courts. He draws aside the veil of judicial sanctity, and shows that judges have their views determined by all the influences which control their judgment as men and as lawyers. The author's point of view is illustrated by the following quotation: "Deep below consciousness are other forces, the...