(Ebook) How Judges Think by Richard A. Posner ISBN 9780674028203, 9780674048065, 0674028201, 0674048067

(Ebook) How Judges Think by Richard A. Posner ISBN 9780674028203, 9780674048065, 0674028201, 0674048067

1 (p1): Introduction
19 (p2): PART ONE THE BASIC MODEL
19 (p2-1): 1 Nine Theories of Judicial Behavior
57 (p2-2): 2 The Judge as Labor-Market Participant
78 (p2-3): 3 The Judge as Occasional Legislator
93 (p2-4): 4 The Mind of the Legislating Judge
125 (p3): PART TWO THE MODEL ELABORATED
125 (p3-1): 5 The Judicial Environment: External Constraints on Judging
158 (p3-2): 6 Altering the Environment: Tenure and Salary Issues
174 (p3-3): 7 Judicial Method: Internal Constraints on Judging
204 (p3-4): 8 Judges Are Not Law Professors
230 (p3-5): 9 Is Pragmatic Adjudication Inescapable?
269 (p4): PART THREE JUSTICES
269 (p4-1): 10 The Supreme Court Is a Political Court
324 (p4-2): 11 Comprehensive Constitutional Theories
347 (p4-3): 12 Judicial Cosmopolitanism
369 (p5): Conclusion
379 (p6): Acknowledgments
381 (p7): Index A distinguished and experienced appellate court judge, Richard A. Posner offers in this new book a unique and, to orthodox legal thinkers, a startling perspective on how judges and justices decide cases. When conventional legal materials enable judges to ascertain the true facts of a case and apply clear pre-existing legal rules to them, Posner argues, they do so straightforwardly