The Quotable Judge Posner: Selections from Twenty-Five Years of Judicial Opinions (SUNY series in American Constitutionalism)

Collection of quotations and judicial opinions of federal appellate judge Richard A. Posner. A collection of pithy and penetrating observations and rulings by one of the most famous appellate judges in America, The Quotable Judge Posner showcases the wit and wisdom of Richard A. Posner. During his more than twenty-five years as a federal appellate judge, Judge Posner reached over two thousand opinions, many of which are cited frequently in the opinions of Supreme Court Justices. This anthology presents the judges entertaining and insightful observations on fifty wide-ranging topics, including abortion, telecommunications, zoning, and planning. Law students who have encountered Judge Posners judicial opinions will benefit from this collection, as will general readers who will enjoy Posners trenchant comments on American society, constitutional norms, and legal culture. This is a breezy treatment, in dictionary style, of edited Posner quotes on a vast array of subjects. A fun book to peruse for the juridically obsessed. Robert J. Spitzer, author of Saving the Constitution from How Legal Training and Law Reviews Distort Constitutional Meaning "A collection of pithy and penetrating observations and rulings by one of the most famous appellate judges in America, The Quotable Judge Posner showcases the with and wisdom of Richard A. Posner. During his more than twenty-five years as a federal appellate judge, Judge Posner reached over two thousand opinions, many of which are cited frequently in the opinions of Supreme Court Justices. This anthology presents the judge's entertaining and insightful observations on fifty wide-ranging topics, including abortion, telecommunications, zoning, and planning. Law students who have encountered Judge Posner's judicial opinions will benefit from this collection, as will general readers who will enjoy Posner's trenchant comments on American society, constitutional norms, and legal culture." ""This is a breezy treatment, in dictionary style, of edited Posner quotes on a vast array of subjects. A fun book to peruse for the juridically obsessed."--Robert J. Spitzer, author of saving the Constitution from Lawyers: How Legal Training and Law Reviews Distort Constitutional Meaning"--BOOK JACKET Abortion -- Administrative Law & Procedure -- Admiralty -- Aliens -- American Society -- Antitrust -- Appeal & Error -- Arbitration -- Attorney And Client -- Bankruptcy/debtor-creditor -- Banks And Banking -- Civil Rights -- Constitutional Law -- Contracts -- Corporations And Partnership -- Criminal Law -- Damages -- Declaratory Judgment -- Education Law -- Eminent Domain -- Equity -- Evidence -- Federal Civil Procedure -- Federal Courts -- Habeas Corpus -- Health And Environment -- Injunction -- Insurance -- Intellectual Property -- Judges -- Jury -- Labor Relations And Benefits -- Limitation Of Actions -- Military Law -- Posnerian Wisdom -- Prisons -- Products Liability -- Property -- Public Utilities -- Securities Regulation -- Statutes And Interpretation Of Language -- Taxation -- Telecommunications -- Torts -- Transportation -- Trial -- United States -- United States Magistrates -- Women's Rights -- Zoning And Planning. Edited With An Introduction By Robert F. Blomquist ; Foreword By Richard A. Posner. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Introduction : Renaissance judge -- Abortion -- Administrative law & procedure -- Admiralty -- Aliens -- American society -- Antitrust -- Appeal & error -- Arbitration -- Attorney & client -- Bankruptcy/debtor-creditor -- Banks & banking -- Civil rights -- Constitutional law -- Contracts -- Corporations & partnership -- Criminal law -- Damages -- Declaratory judgment -- Education law -- Eminent domain -- Equity -- Evidence -- Federal civil procedure -- Federal courts -- Habeas corpus -- Health & environment -- Injunction -- Insurance -- Intellectual property -- Judges -- Jury -- Labor relations & benefits -- Limitation of actions -- Military law -- Posnerian wisdom -- Prisons -- Products liability -- Property -- Public utilities -- Securities regulation -- Statutes & interpretation of language -- Taxation -- Telecommunications -- Torts -- Transportation -- Trial -- United States -- United States magistrates -- Women's rights -- Zoning & planning A collection of pithy and penetrating observations and rulings by one of the most famous appellate judges in America, The Quotable Judge Posner showcases the wit and wisdom of Richard A. Posner. During his more than twenty-five years as a federal appellate judge, Judge Posner reached over 2,000 opinions, many of which are cited frequently in the opinions of Supreme Court Justices. This anthology presents the judge's entertaining and insightful observations on fifty wide ranging topics, from Abortion to Telecommunications to Zoning and Planning. Law students who have encountered Judge Posner's judicial opinions will benefit from this collection, as will general readers who will enjoy Posner's trenchant comments on American society, constitutional norms, and legal culture.