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Richard Allen Posner (⫽ ˈ p oʊ z n ər ⫽; born January 11, 1939) is an American legal scholar who served as a federal appellate judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from 1981 to 2017.
Richard A. Posner is a senior lecturer and a former judge of the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He is a prolific author of books and articles on law, economics, and jurisprudence, and a recipient of many awards and honors.
Mar 29, 2022 · When Judge Richard Posner, who remains the most-cited legal scholar on record, abruptly retired from the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago in September 2017, the legal world was...
Sep 11, 2017 · Retiring abruptly after 35 years on the bench, Judge Richard A. Posner says he will devote himself to helping people who cannot afford lawyers.
Judge Richard Posner, probably the world’s most influential legal thinker over the last half-century, retired from the federal bench on Saturday. If a Nobel Prize were to be given in law, he would be the first to receive it, solely on the basis of his academic contributions.
Jan 1, 2023 · This chapter traces the intellectual trajectory of Richard A. Posner, who transformed law and economics from a descriptive to an analytical approach. It shows how Posner applied Chicago price theory to legal problems and influenced the field with his publications and the Journal of Legal Studies.
Aug 20, 2009 · Judge Posner, a renowned legal scholar and judge of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, discusses his book How Judges Think with Jonathan Masur, a former clerk and law professor. They explore the role of politics, intuition, emotion, and common sense in judging, and the challenges of legal education and advocacy.
