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01987aam a2200361 i 4500 001 EB53C358939111E7A673E95E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20170907010029 008 170328t20172017mau b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2017010498 020 $a 0674975774 020 $a 9780674975774 035 $a (OCoLC)981968339 040 $a MH/DLC $b eng $e rda $c HLS $d DLC $d YDX $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d BDX $d YDX $d OCLCO $d JAS $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a KF8700 P674 2017 100 1 $a Posner, Richard A., $e author. 245 14 $a The federal judiciary : $b strengths and weaknesses / $c Richard A. Posner. 264 1 $a Cambridge, Massachusetts : $b Harvard University Press, $c 2017. 300 $a xv, 438 pages ; $c 25 cm 520 $a "No sitting federal judge has ever written so trenchant a critique of the federal judiciary as Richard A. Posner does in this, his most confrontational book. He exposes the failures of the institution designed by the founders to check congressional and presidential power and resist its abuse, and offers practical prescriptions for reform"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction : noting strengths, and weaknesses some of which I'll ignore, and proposing a new research program -- Some weaknesses of our legal system mistakenly denied by a critic -- Tier One of the federal judiciary : the Supreme Court -- Tier Two of the federal judiciary : the federal courts of appeals -- Tier Three of the federal judiciary : the federal district courts -- Civil litigation revisited -- Conclusion. 650 0 $a Courts $z United States. 650 0 $a Judicial process $z United States. 650 0 $a Judges $z United States. 941 $a 3 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213012712.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006110639.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20171003032306.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EB53C358939111E7A673E95E97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search