The Federal Judiciary: Strengths and Weaknesses

by Richard A. Posner

Book Overview

No sitting federal judge has ever written so trenchant a critique of the federal judiciary as Richard A. Posner does in this, his most confrontational book. Skewering the politicization of the Supreme Court, the mismanagement of judicial staff, the overly complex system of appeals, the threat of originalism, outdated procedures, and the backward-looking traditions of law schools and the American judicial system, Posner has written a cri de coeur...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674975774
• ISBN13: 9780674975774
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.4"