Richard Posner

United States federal judge · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1939 · age 87

Richard Allen Posner is an American legal scholar and retired United States circuit judge who served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from 1981 to 2017. Posner was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, and he served as the chief judge of the Seventh Circuit from 1993 to 2000.

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2013Clarivate Citation LaureatesAward2007“As conceived in this book, economics is the science of rational choice in a world─our world─in which resources are limited in relation to human wants.”In their wordsCh. 1: The Nature of Economic ReasoningRead the whole statement

2003“If judges are pragmatic, as I think they largely are in our system, it can only be in the everyday sense of the term.”In their wordsLaw, pragmatism, and democracy (2003), Ch. 2. Legal Pragmatism.Read the whole statement

1990“Jurisprudence addresses the questions about law that an intelligent layperson of speculative bent - not a lawyer - might think particularly interesting.”In their wordsThe Problems of Jurisprudence (1990). Introduction.Read the whole statement

1939Born11 January 1939

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A former law professor at the University of Chicago, Posner was identified in The Journal of Legal Studies as the most-cited legal scholar of the 20th century. As of 2021, he is also the most-cited American legal scholar of all time. He is widely considered to be one of the most influential legal scholars in the United States.

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