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Catastrophe
Catastrophic risks are much greater than is commonly appreciated. Collision with an asteroid, runaway global warming, voraciously replicating nanomachines, a pandemic of gene-spliced smallpox launched by bioterrorists, and a world-ending accident in a high-energy particle accelerator, are among the possible extinction events that are sufficiently likely to warrant careful study. How should we respond to events that, for a variety of psychological and cultural reasons, we find it hard to wrap our minds around? Posner argues that realism about science and scientists, innovative applications of cost-benefit analysis, a scientifically literate legal profession, unprecedented international cooperation, and a pragmatic attitude toward civil liberties are among the keys to coping effectively with the catastrophic risks.
An Affair of State
President Bill Clinton’s year of crisis, which began when his affair with Monica Lewinsky hit the front pages in January 1998, engendered a host of important questions of criminal and constitutional law, public and private morality, and political and cultural conflict. In a book written while the events of the year were unfolding, Richard Posner presents a balanced and scholarly understanding of the crisis that also has the freshness and immediacy of journalism. Posner clarifies the issues and eliminates misunderstandings concerning facts and the law that were relevant to the investigation by Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr and to the impeachment proceeding itself. He explains the legal ...
How Judges Think
A distinguished and experienced appellate court judge, Richard A. Posner offers in this new book a unique and, to orthodox legal thinkers, a startling perspective on how judges and justices decide cases. When conventional legal materials enable judges to ascertain the true facts of a case and apply clear pre-existing legal rules to them, Posner argues, they do so straightforwardly; that is the domain of legalist reasoning. However, in non-routine cases, the conventional materials run out and judges are on their own, navigating uncharted seas with equipment consisting of experience, emotions, and often unconscious beliefs. In doing so, they take on a legislative role, though one that is confi...
Pharma
BEST BOOKS OF MARCH - APPLE BOOKS TOP TEN PICKS FOR MARCH BOOKS - CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR BEST TRUE CRIME PICKS IN MARCH - CRIMEREADS MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2020 - LITHUB Award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Gerald Posner traces the heroes and villains of the trillion-dollar-a-year pharmaceutical industry and uncovers how those once entrusted with improving life have often betrayed that ideal to corruption and reckless profiteering—with deadly consequences. Pharmaceutical breakthroughs such as antibiotics and vaccines rank among some of the greatest advancements in human history. Yet exorbitant prices for life-saving drugs, safety recalls affecting tens of ...
God's Bankers
Revealing a history of mysterious deaths, shady characters, and moral and political tensions, exposes the inner workings of the Catholic Church to trace how the Vatican evolved from an institution of faith into an extremely wealthy corporate power. --Publisher's description.
Richard Posner
The first biography of Judge Richard Posner, arguably the most prolific jurist and brilliant legal intellectual of our time --
Summary of Sarah Posner's Unholy
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The fourpage draft executive order, leaked to the press, outlined plans to establish a governmentwide initiative to respect religious freedom. It would have allowed any person or organization to refuse to transact business with someone based on their sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status. #2 The draft executive order I had in my hand would have allowed Christian adoption agencies to refuse to place children with nonChristians, and would permit social services contractors to turn away clients based on their sexual activity or gender identity. #3 Despite pleas from conservatives, Trump took months to make a decision, and in the end signed a more general edict that granted legal protections specially crafted for his Christian right allies. #4 Trump signed an order that broadened religious liberties, allowing people to discriminate against others based on their religion. He was not just a reliable politician for them to praise, but also a divine leader sent by God to save America.
Summary of Sarah Posner's Unholy
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The four-page draft executive order, leaked to the press, outlined plans to establish a government-wide initiative to respect religious freedom. It would have allowed any person or organization to refuse to transact business with someone based on their sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status. #2 The draft executive order I had in my hand would have allowed Christian adoption agencies to refuse to place children with non-Christians, and would permit social services contractors to turn away clients based on their sexual activity or gender identity. #3 Despite pleas from conservatives, Trump took months to make a decision, and in the end signed a more general edict that granted legal protections specially crafted for his Christian right allies. #4 Trump signed an order that broadened religious liberties, allowing people to discriminate against others based on their religion. He was not just a reliable politician for them to praise, but also a divine leader sent by God to save America.
Reflections on Judging
In Reflections on Judging, Richard Posner distills the experience of his thirty-one years as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Surveying how the judiciary has changed since his 1981 appointment, he engages the issues at stake today, suggesting how lawyers should argue cases and judges decide them, how trials can be improved, and, most urgently, how to cope with the dizzying pace of technological advance that makes litigation ever more challenging to judges and lawyers. For Posner, legal formalism presents one of the main obstacles to tackling these problems. Formalist judges--most notably Justice Antonin Scalia--needlessly complicate the legal process by ...
