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Richard Posner, prolific legal scholar and outspoken appeals court judge, dies at 87
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Richard Posner, a prodigious legal scholar and outspoken former federal appeals court judge who pioneered the use of economic theory to resolve legal questions, has died. He was 87. Posner’s opinions have been cited extensively in textbooks that have educated generations of lawyers.
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A man considered one of the most influential legal scholars of his time has died. Richard Posner was a former federal appellate judge in Chicago and a longtime faculty member at the University of Chicago Law School.
Richard Posner, a former federal appellate judge and University of Chicago law scholar who became one of the most cited legal scholars of the 20th century, died Tuesday. His death was confirmed by the University of Chicago. He was 87.
Richard Posner, a prodigious legal scholar and outspoken former federal appeals court judge who pioneered the use of economic theory to resolve legal questions, has died. He was 87. Posner’s opinions have been cited extensively in textbooks that have educated generations of lawyers.
Judge Richard Posner, who died this week at 87, was the godfather of what is known as the law and economics movement. In a career spanning half a century and some 50 books, 500 articles, and thousands of judicial opinions, he pursued a single organizing idea: The purpose of law, rightly understood, …
The legendary jurist died this week at age 87. His legacy is changing not only how judges like me think about the law but how we think of our role in American public life, writes Roy K. Altman.
