How judges think / Richard A. Posner.

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2008.

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Judicial process -- United States.

Part One. The basic model --1. Nine theories of judicial behaviour --2. The judge as labor-market participant --3. The judge as occasional legislator --4. The mind of the legislating judge --Part Two. The model elaborated --5. The judicial environment: external constraints on judging --6. Altering the environment: tenure and salary issues --7. Judicial method: internal constraints on judging --8. Judges are not law professors --9. Is pragmatic adjudication inescapable?

Part Three. Justices --10. The Supreme Court is a political court --11. Comprehensive constitutional theories --12. Judicial cosmopolitanism.

In this book, experienced judge Richard A. Posner offers a unique perspective on how judges and justices decide cases.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780674028203

387 p. ; 25 cm