How judges think /
Richard A. Posner.
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, c2008.
- 387 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Nine theories of judicial behavior -- The judge as labor-market participant -- The judge as occasional legislator -- The mind of the legislating judge -- The judicial environment : external constraints on judging -- Altering the environment : tenure and salary issues -- Judicial method : internal constraints on judging -- Judges are not law professors -- Is pragmatic adjudication inescapable? -- The Supreme Court is a political court -- Comprehensive constitutional theories -- Judicial cosmopolitanism.