Overcoming Law by Richard A. Posner - October 1996

Harvard University Press, 1996. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Harvard University Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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Harvard University Press, 10/1/1996 12:00:01 A. paperback. Good. 1.2205 9.1732 6.1417. Some wear to covers. Pages clean.

Harvard University Press, 1996-10-01. Paperback. Good.

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Harvard University Press. Very Good. 1996. Paperback. 0674649265 . 597 pages .

Legal theory must become more factual and empirical and less conceptual and polemical, Richard Posner argues in this wide-ranging new book. The topics covered include the structure and behavior of the legal profession; constitutional theory; gender, sex, and race theories; interdisciplinary approaches to law; the nature of legal reasoning; and legal pragmatism. Posner analyzes, in witty and passionate prose, schools of thought as different as social constructionism and institutional economics, and scholars and judges as different as Bruce Ackerman, Robert Bork, Ronald Dworkin, Catharine MacKinnon, Richard Rorty, and Patricia Williams. He also engages challenging issues in legal theory that range from the motivations and behavior of judges and the role of rhetoric and analogy in law to the rationale for privacy and blackmail law and the regulation of employment contracts. Although written by a sitting judge, the book does not avoid controversy; it contains frank appraisals of radical feminist and race… Read More