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by Lee Epstein (Author), William M. Landes (Author), Richard A. Posner (Author)
Judges play a central role in the American legal system, but their behavior as decision-makers is not well understood, even among themselves. The system permits judges to be quite secretive (and most of them are), so indirect methods are required to ma
Author Biography
Lee Epstein is Provost Professor of Law and Political Science and Rader Family Trustee Chair in Law at the University of Southern California.
William M. Landes is the Clifton R. Musser Professor Emeritus of Law and Economics at the University of Chicago Law School.
Richard A. Posner is Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School.
