Description: Posner discusses the structure and behavior of the legal profession, constitutional theory, interdisciplinary approaches to law, the nature of legal reasoning, and legal pragmatism. Briliantly written, eschewing jargon and technicalities, it makes a major contribution to the debate about the role of law in our society.
Brief description: Richard A. Posner retired as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in 2017. He was previously a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School.
Review Quotes: Judge Posner's book...is about the economics of practicing and studying law: the incentives and disincentives faced by judges, lawyers and law professors. The book describes the legal profession as a collapsing cartel, a decadent guild coming to terms with market competition...It is by far the best--the most scholarly, the most thoughtful, as well as the sharpest and most provocative--of the current crop of commentaries on the plight of law today.--Jeremy Waldron "New York Times Book Review"