How Judges Think

Richard A. Posner

    • Introduction

      Part One: The Basic Model

    1. Nine Theories of Judicial Behavior
    2. The Judge as Labor-Market Participant
    3. The Judge as Occasional Legislator
    4. The Mind of the Legislating Judge

      5. Part Two: The Model Elaborated

    5. The Judicial Environment: External Constraints on Judging
    6. Altering the Environment: Tenure and Salary Issues
    7. Judicial Method: Internal Constraints on Judging
    8. Judges Are Not Law Professors
    9. Is Pragmatic Adjudication Inescapable?

      10. Part Three: Justices

    10. The Supreme Court Is a Political Court
    11. Comprehensive Constitutional Theories
    12. Judicial Cosmopolitanism
    • Conclusion
    • Acknowledgments
    • Index
  • Cover: How Judges Think
  • A photo of the author

Richard A. Posner is Circuit Judge, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School.