Nine theories of judicial behavior -- The judge as labor-market participant -- The judge as occasional legislator -- The mind of the legislating judge -- The judicial environment : external constraints on judging -- Altering the environment : tenure and salary issues -- Judicial method : internal constraints on judging -- Judges are not law professors -- Is pragmatic adjudication inescapable? -- The Supreme Court is a political court -- Comprehensive constitutional theories -- Judicial cosmopolitanism
Summary
A distinguished and experienced appellate court judge, Posner offers in this new book a unique and, to orthodox legal thinkers, startling perspective on how judges and justices decide cases
