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The federal judiciary : strengths and weaknesses
- Title
- The federal judiciary : strengths and weaknesses / Richard A. Posner.
- Author
- Posner, Richard A.
- Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | KF8700 .P674 | Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 |
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- Description
- pages cm
- Summary
- "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. He exposes the failures of the institution designed by the founders to check congressional and presidential power and resist its abuse, and offers practical prescriptions for reform"--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : noting strengths, and weaknesses some of which I'll ignore, and proposing a new research program -- Some weaknesses of our legal system mistakenly denied by a critic -- Tier One of the federal judiciary : the Supreme Court -- Tier Two of the federal judiciary : the federal courts of appeals -- Tier Three of the federal judiciary : the federal district courts -- Civil litigation revisited -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- KF8700
- ISBN
- 9780674975774
- 0674975774
- LCCN
- 2017010498
- OCLC
- 2017010498
- Author
- Posner, Richard A., author.
- Title
- The federal judiciary : strengths and weaknesses / Richard A. Posner.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Indexed Term
- Federal courts
- Research Call Number
- KF8700 .P674