卡多佐的《司法过程的性质》一书,是他作为纽约州立法院和美国联邦最高法院法官,在长期的司法实践中形成的司法智慧的集中体现。在这部被誉为经典的著作中,卡多佐解析了法官作为法律发现者和创造者的角色差异,精细地分析了法官在司法过程中所起到的作用,总结了法官实施法律创新活动的范围以及法官做出裁判的四种司法方法,这些精辟的思想直接的影响了英美法系的司法改革,并对世界其他国家的司法实践具有广泛的借鉴意义。 Cardoso’s book, The Nature of the Judicial Process, is a concentrated expression of the judicial wisdom he has formed in long-term judicial practice as a judge of the New York State State Court and the Supreme Court of the United States. In this classic book, Cardoso analyzes the role of judges as discoverer and creator of law, analyzes the role played by judges in the judiciary in detail, summarizes the role of judges in law enforcement activities As well as the four judicatory methods that the judges make judgments. These brilliant ideas have a direct impact on the judicial reform in Anglo-American legal systems and have extensive referential significance to the judicial practice of other countries in the world.