The Problems of Jurisprudence

The Problems of Jurisprudence
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 524
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ISBN-13 : 0674708768
ISBN-10 : 9780674708761
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Book Synopsis The Problems of Jurisprudence by : Richard A. Posner

Download or read book The Problems of Jurisprudence written by Richard A. Posner and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Richard A. Posner examines how judges go about making difficult decisions. Posner argues that they cannot rely on either logic or science, but must fall back on a grab bag of informal methods of reasoning that owe less than one might think to legal training and experience. -- Adapted from Amazon.com summary.


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