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Reflections on Judging.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (393 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674184640
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Reflections on JudgingDDC classification:
  • 347.73/24092
LOC classification:
  • KF9050
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: A Judge on the Challenges to Judges -- 1. The Road to 219 South Dearborn Street -- 2. The Federal Judiciary Evolves -- 3. The Challenge of Complexity -- 4. Formalism and Realism in Appellate Decision Making -- 5. The Inadequate Appellate Record -- 6. Coping Strategies for Appellate Judges I: Judicial Self-Restraint -- 7. Coping Strategies for Appellate Judges II: Interpretation -- 8. Make It Simple, Make It New: Opinion Writing and Appellate Advocacy -- 9. Forays into the District Court -- 10. What Can Be Done, Modestly? -- Conclusion: Realism, the Path Forward -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Summary: For Richard Posner, legal formalism and formalist judges--notably Antonin Scalia--present the main obstacles to coping with the dizzying pace of technological advance. Posner calls for legal realism--gathering facts, considering context, and reaching a sensible conclusion that inflicts little collateral damage on other areas of the law.
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Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: A Judge on the Challenges to Judges -- 1. The Road to 219 South Dearborn Street -- 2. The Federal Judiciary Evolves -- 3. The Challenge of Complexity -- 4. Formalism and Realism in Appellate Decision Making -- 5. The Inadequate Appellate Record -- 6. Coping Strategies for Appellate Judges I: Judicial Self-Restraint -- 7. Coping Strategies for Appellate Judges II: Interpretation -- 8. Make It Simple, Make It New: Opinion Writing and Appellate Advocacy -- 9. Forays into the District Court -- 10. What Can Be Done, Modestly? -- Conclusion: Realism, the Path Forward -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

For Richard Posner, legal formalism and formalist judges--notably Antonin Scalia--present the main obstacles to coping with the dizzying pace of technological advance. Posner calls for legal realism--gathering facts, considering context, and reaching a sensible conclusion that inflicts little collateral damage on other areas of the law.

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