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How Judges Think / Richard A. Posner.
- 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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