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How Judges Think / Richard A. Posner.

De Gruyter Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Posner, Richard A., Author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Judicial process.
Judicial process--United States.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (397 p.)
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2021]
Language Note:
In English.
Summary:
A distinguished and experienced appellate court judge, Posner offers in this new book a unique and, to orthodox legal thinkers, a startling perspective on how judges and justices decide cases.
Contents:
Nine theories of judicial behavior
The judge as labor-market participant
The judge as occasional legislator
The mind of the legislating judge
The judicial environment : external constraints on judging
Altering the environment : tenure and salary issues
Judicial method : internal constraints on judging
Judges are not law professors
Is pragmatic adjudication inescapable?
The Supreme Court is a political court
Comprehensive constitutional theories
Judicial cosmopolitanism.
Notes:
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Mai 2022)
ISBN:
0-674-03383-3
OCLC:
1266229107

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