William Domnarski

Richard Posner

Sprecher: Dixon, Walter

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Produktbeschreibung

Judge Richard Posner is one of the great legal minds of our age, on par with such generation-defining judges as Holmes, Hand, and Friendly. A judge on the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the principal exponent of the enormously influential law and economics movement, he writes provocative books as a public intellectual, receives frequent media attention, and has been at the center of some very high-profile legal spats. He is also a member of an increasingly rare breed--judges who write their own opinions rather than delegating the work to clerks. Now, for the first time, this fascinating figure receives a full-length biographical treatment. In Richard Posner, William Domnarski examines the life experience, personality, academic career, jurisprudence, and professional relationships of his subject with depth and clarity. Domnarski has had access to Posner himself and to Posner's extensive archive at the University of Chicago. In addition, Domnarski was able to interview and correspond with more than two hundred people Posner has known, worked with, or gone to school with over the course of his career. Richard Posner is a comprehensive and accessible account of a unique judge who, despite never having sat on the Supreme Court, has nevertheless dominated the way law is understood in contemporary America.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Gesamtlaufzeit: 671 Min.
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 2024
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798874693022
• Artikelnr.: 70079159

Autorenporträt

William Domnarski has been a lawyer and legal writer for thirty years. He is the author of three previous books on federal judges, as well as a book on the nature of practicing law. He has a JD from the University of Connecticut School of Law and a PhD in English from the University of California, Riverside.

Inhaltsangabe

* PREFACE
* INTRODUCTION
* I. YOUTH AND EDUCATION
* 1. PARENTS
* 2. GRADE AND HIGH SCHOOL
* 3. YALE COLLEGE
* II. LAW SCHOOL, GOVERNMENT JOBS, AND FIRST TEACHING JOB
* 1. HARVARD LAW SCHOOL
* 2. SUPREME COURT CLERKSHIP WITH JUSTICE BRENNAN
* 3. ASSISTANT TO PHILIP ELMAN AT THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
* 4. SOLICITOR GENERAL'S OFFICE
* 5. PRESIDENT'S TASK FORCE ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS
* 6. STANFORD LAW SCHOOL AND INTRODUCTION TO LAW AND ECONOMICS
* III. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
* 1. ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF LAW
* 2. BUILDING A CAREER AND SPREADING THE WORD OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF
LAW
* 3. CONSULTING WORK AND FOUNDING OF LEXECON
* 4. SEVENTH CIRCUIT JUDGESHIP OPPORTUNITY
* IV. 1982-1989
* 1. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT
* 2. FRIENDSHIP WITH HENRY FRIENDLY
* 3. JUDICIAL OPINIONS LIKE NO OTHERS
* 4. DEVELOPING REPUTATION
* 5. STUDIES IN THE FEDERAL COURTS, LAW AND LITERATURE, AND
JURISPRUDENCE
* V. 1990-1999
* 1. WORK ON THE COURT AND REPUTATION
* 2. POSNER REVEALED IN CORRESPONDENCE
* 3. STUDIES ON GREAT JUDGES, OLD AGE, SEX, , CLINTON IMPEACHMENT,
PUBLIC INTELLECTUALS AND JURISPRUDENCE
* 4. MEDIATOR IN MICROSOFT LITIGATION
* V. 2000-2009
* 1. WORK ON THE COURT AND REPUTATION
* 2. STUDIES ON THE 2000 ELECTION, NATIONAL SECURITY, THE ECONOMY IN
PERIL, AND THE NATURE OF JUDGING
* VI. 2010-2014
* 1. WORK ON THE COURT AND REPUTATION
* 2. STUDIES ON JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE AND BEHAVIOR
* 3. FEUD WITH JUSTICE SCALIA