"The rules and principles of case law have never been treated as final truths but as working hypotheses, continually retested in those great laboratories of the law, the courts of justice. Every new case is an experiment, and if the accepted rule which seems applicable yields a result which is felt to be unjust, the rule is reconsidered."

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About Benjamin N. Cardozo

Benjamin N. Cardozo was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1932 to 1938. He is widely cited for influential opinions in tort, contract, and constitutional law.

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