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Book Review Of "Divergent Paths: The Academy And The Judiciary" By Richard A. Posner, Michael C. Dorf Sep 2016

Book Review Of "Divergent Paths: The Academy And The Judiciary" By Richard A. Posner, Michael C. Dorf

Journal of Legal Education

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Response To Michael C. Dorf's Review, Richard A. Posner Sep 2016

Response To Michael C. Dorf's Review, Richard A. Posner

Journal of Legal Education

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Richard A. Posner: A Study In Judicial Entrepreneurship, Sean J. Shannon Feb 2016

Richard A. Posner: A Study In Judicial Entrepreneurship, Sean J. Shannon

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation analyzes the role of Richard Posner, one of the most prolific and innovative legal thinkers over the past forty years, as a judicial entrepreneur in his efforts to persuade the legal academy and judiciary to incorporate economic principles into the judicial decision making process in market and non-market areas of the law and legal discourse and thereby to re-examine the role of the judge. Though political scientists have explored the entrepreneurial activities of policy makers and political actors, they have given little attention to the role of judges as judicial entrepreneurs. This dissertation develops a comprehensive theoretical understanding …