Reflections on Judging

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.

• | Author: Richard A. Posner
• | Publisher: Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: October 07, 2013
• | Number of Pages: 400 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0674725085
• | ISBN-13: 9780674725089