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The federal judiciary : strengths and weaknesses / Richard A. Posner.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017Description: xv, 438 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780674975774
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 347.73/1 23
LOC classification:
  • KF8700 .P674 2017
Contents:
Introduction : noting weaknesses and strengths, and proposing a new research agenda -- Some weaknesses of our legal system mistakenly denied by a critic -- Tier One of the federal judiciary : the Supreme Court -- Tier Two of the federal judiciary : the federal courts of appeals -- Tier Three of the federal judiciary : the federal district courts -- Civil litigation revisited -- Conclusion.
Action note:
  • Cataloguing: 20260911 gtanuigtanui
Summary: "No sitting federal judge has ever written so trenchant a critique of the federal judiciary as Richard A. Posner does in this, his most confrontational book. He exposes the failures of the institution designed by the founders to check congressional and presidential power and resist its abuse, and offers practical prescriptions for reform"-- Provided by publisher.
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General Collection Kabarak, Main Campus General Stacks KF8700 .P674 2017 C.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.1 Available 37147
General Collection Kabarak, Main Campus General Stacks KF8700 .P674 2017 C.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.2 Available 37146
General Collection Kabarak, Main Campus General Stacks KF8700 .P674 2017 C.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.3 Available 37149
General Collection Kabarak, Main Campus General Stacks KF8700 .P674 2017 C.4 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.4 Available 37148
General Collection Kabarak, Main Campus General Stacks KF8700 .P674 2017 C.5 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.5 Available 37150

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : noting weaknesses and strengths, and proposing a new research agenda -- Some weaknesses of our legal system mistakenly denied by a critic -- Tier One of the federal judiciary : the Supreme Court -- Tier Two of the federal judiciary : the federal courts of appeals -- Tier Three of the federal judiciary : the federal district courts -- Civil litigation revisited -- Conclusion.

"No sitting federal judge has ever written so trenchant a critique of the federal judiciary as Richard A. Posner does in this, his most confrontational book. He exposes the failures of the institution designed by the founders to check congressional and presidential power and resist its abuse, and offers practical prescriptions for reform"-- Provided by publisher.

Cataloguing: 20260911 gtanuigtanui

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