Judge Richard Posner

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author human judge jurist law and economics scholar legal scholar

Judge Richard Posner is a prominent American jurist, legal scholar, and former federal appellate judge known for his influential work in law and economics and his long tenure on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

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instanceOf	author → human → judge → jurist → law and economics scholar → legal scholar →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts → Bachelor of Laws →
academicDiscipline	economics → law →
appointedBy	Ronald Reagan →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
educatedAt	Harvard Law School → Yale University →
employer	United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit → University of Chicago Law School →
familyName	Posner →
fieldOfWork	antitrust law → constitutional law → jurisprudence → law and economics →
genre	non-fiction →
givenName	Richard NERFINISHED →
hasInfluenced	American legal theory → judicial practice in the United States →
influencedBy	economic analysis of law →
knownFor	influential judicial opinions → law and economics movement → prolific legal scholarship →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit →
name	Richard Posner →
nominatedFor	Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit →
notableWork	An Affair of State: The Investigation, Impeachment, and Trial of President Clinton → Economic Analysis of Law → Law, Pragmatism, and Democracy → Overcoming Law → Sex and Reason → The Economics of Justice → The Problems of Jurisprudence →
occupation	author → judge → legal scholar → university professor →
partOf	Chicago school of law and economics →
positionHeld	Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit → Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit → professor at the University of Chicago Law School →
resignedFrom	United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit →
workLocation	Chicago →
writingLanguage	English →

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Chicago School economics ("Richard Posner") →	associatedWithPerson
Tim Wu →	clerkOf
Richard Posner ("Posner") →	familyName
University of Chicago Law School ("Richard A. Posner") →	hasNotableAlumnus
University of Chicago Law School ("Richard A. Posner") →	hasNotableFaculty
law and economics movement ("Richard Posner") →	influencedBy
Richard Posner ("Richard Posner") →	name