Article: Sense and nonsense; Richard Posner.(Book Review)

RICHARD POSNER is a prodigy. A law-school professor and full-time federal judge, he is also one of the most prolific writers on legal and political issues in America. For decades, he has produced a steady stream of articles and books, festooned with footnotes, on a bewildering array of topics, from the structure of court systems to sex, literature, politics, Hegel, Homeric society and medieval Iceland. He is a hero to America's political conservatives, and a marvel to intellectual fans and opponents alike. His latest book, "Law, Pragmatism, and Democracy" is a summation of his core beliefs, and as such itis bound to attract wide attention among legal thinkers and policy ...

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