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Not So Cold An Eye: Richard Posner's Pragmatism, Jason S. Johnston
Not So Cold An Eye: Richard Posner's Pragmatism, Jason S. Johnston
Vanderbilt Law Review
Over the past twenty odd years, Judge Richard Posner has established himself as one of the most creative and influential thinkers in the history of American law. His work divides into two parts: the prejudicial corpus, which is devoted almost entirely to the comprehensive economic analysis of law,' and the postjudicial corpus, which treats issues involving what may be called the theory of judging and courts--that is, the normative theory of how judges should decide cases and how courts should be organized. This division is rough and wavering, for Posner's work prior to his appointment to the federal bench often …