The federal judiciary : strengths and weaknesses / Richard A. Posner.
2017
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Author
Title
The federal judiciary : strengths and weaknesses / Richard A. Posner.
Published
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
Copyright
©2017
Call Number
KF8700 .P674 2017
ISBN
9780674975774 alkaline paper
0674975774 alkaline paper
0674975774 alkaline paper
Description
xv, 438 pages ; 25 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)981968339
Summary
"No sitting federal judge has ever written so trenchant a critique of the federal judiciary as Richard A. Posner does in this, his most confrontational book. He exposes the failures of the institution designed by the founders to check congressional and presidential power and resist its abuse, and offers practical prescriptions for reform"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
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The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
Table of Contents
Preface
ix
Introduction: Noting Weaknesses and Strengths, and Proposing a New Research Agenda
1
1.
Some Weaknesses of Our Legal System Mistakenly Denied by a Critic
45
2.
Tier One of the Federal Judiciary: The Supreme Court
65
Prefatory Remarks
65
Part One
86
Part Two
147
3.
Tier Two of the Federal Judiciary: The Federal Courts of Appeals
221
4.
Tier Three of the Federal Judiciary: The Federal District Courts
279
5.
Civil Litigation Revisited
315
Conclusion
376
Epilogue
399
Index
431