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Judicial Law-Making in Legal Realism by Michael Cruz Rodríguez is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document discusses the debate around whether judges have the right and power to make and change law. It presents the conventional view that judges are only meant to apply existing law and not change it, compared to the minority view that judges do in fact make and alter law through their decisions. The document argues that the minority view is correct, as eminent legal scholars acknowledge that much of contract and tort law has been developed through judicial decisions, not statutes. It then explores w
- Author
- Michael Cruz Rodríguez
- Language
- EN