Who could forget their reliance in law school on the clear writings of Dean William Prosser in trying to get a handle on the various concepts of negligence being beaten into their heads through the Socratic method in Torts class by a condescending know-it-all law professor who hadn’t handled a negligence case in 15 years?

Who couldn’t help but remember studying Justice Benjamin Cardozo’s landmark decision on proximate cause Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co.? And what about the philosophical decisions by Judge Learned Hand, a judge known to have written approximately four thousand decisions during his career, many of which were admired for their clarity and analytical precision?

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