The Quotable Judge Posner

Selections from Twenty-Five Years of Judicial Opinions

Edited by Robert F. Blomquist
Introduction by Robert F. Blomquist
Foreword by Richard A. Posner

Subjects: Biography, American Government, American History, Public Policy, Political Science
Series: SUNY series in American Constitutionalism
Paperback : 9781438430645, 261 pages, April 2010
Hardcover : 9781438430638, 261 pages, April 2010

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Table of contents

Foreword
Introduction: Renaissance Judge

Abortion
Administrative Law and Procedure
Admiralty
Aliens
American Society
Antitrust
Appeal and Error
Arbitration
Attorney and Client
Bankruptcy/Debtor Creditor
Banks and Banking
Civil Rights
Constitutional Law
Contracts 
Corporations and Partnership
Criminal Law
Damages
Declaratory Judgment
Education Law
Eminent Domain
Equity
Evidence
Federal Civil Procedure
Federal Courts
Habeas Corpus
Health and Environment
Injunction
Insurance
Intellectual Property
Judges
Jury
Labor Relations and Benefits
Limitation of Actions
Military Law
Posnerian Wisdom
Prisons
Products Liability
Property
Public Utilities
Securities Regulation
Statutes and Interpretation of Language
Taxation
Telecommunications
Torts
Transportation
Trial
United States
United States Magistrates
Women’s Rights
Zoning and Planning

Notes
Index

Collection of quotations and judicial opinions of federal appellate judge Richard A. Posner

Description

A collection of pithy and penetrating observations and rulings by one of the most famous appellate judges in America, The Quotable Judge Posner showcases the wit and wisdom of Richard A. Posner. During his more than twenty-five years as a federal appellate judge, Judge Posner reached over 2,000 opinions, many of which are cited frequently in the opinions of Supreme Court Justices. This anthology presents the judge's entertaining and insightful observations on fifty wide ranging topics, from Abortion to Telecommunications to Zoning and Planning. Law students who have encountered Judge Posner's judicial opinions will benefit from this collection, as will general readers who will enjoy Posner's trenchant comments on American society, constitutional norms, and legal culture.

Robert F. Blomquist is Professor of Law and Swygert Research Fellow at Valparaiso University.