Keywords
legal reasoning
rationality
Richard Posner
How to Cite
Abstract
The arguments advanced by Richard Posner and the Law & Economics movement in the last forty years for an alleged rational behavior of the Common Law Judges and its evolution towards efficiency are analysed and discussed in this paper. It focuses on both “normative” and “positive” approach of the economic analysis of judicial behaviour. The analysis shows some inconsistencies in Posner’s own theory.
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