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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789302703321

Autore

Posner Richard A

Titolo

Reflections on judging / / Richard A. Posner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : Harvard University Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-674-18465-3

0-674-18464-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (393 p.)

Disciplina

347.73/24092

Soggetti

Appellate procedure - United States

Judicial process - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based on print version record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The road to 219 South Dearborn Street -- The federal judiciary evolves -- The challenge of complexity -- Formalism and realism in appellate decision making -- The inadequate appellate record -- Coping strategies for appellate judges I : judicial self-restraint -- Coping strategies for appellate judges II : interpretation -- Make it simple, make it new : opinion writing and appellate advocacy -- Forays into the district court -- What can be done, modestly?