Conduct judged negligent in one era need not be negligent in another

Evidence

There is a standard which is to be applied according to the circumstances of cases, and the consequence is that because in the days when men went about mostly on horseback and a man rode at the extreme speed a horse could go out on the highway or in a settled community, it was negligence, it does not follow that it is negligence to drive an automobile on a village street or road today at a much greater speed. — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process, 2719

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Norms of proper judicial conduct vary across courts and over time — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2610; Whether harm counts as morally wrong depends on context and justification — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3863

Broader Connections

• Norms of proper judicial conduct vary across courts and over time #expands (0.82) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2610
• Whether harm counts as morally wrong depends on context and justification #expands (0.75) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3863