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Contents
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INTRODUCTORY MATERIALS
by RAY WOODCOCKPraising Richard Posner
Questioning Richard Posner
This Book's MethodTHE BOOK ITSELF
Introduction: Where Law and Jurisprudence Started
PART ONE:
LAW: HOW WE KNOW
Chapter 1: Law Isn't Really a Science
Chapter 2: Sometimes Law Is Like Common Sense
Chapter 3: How Much We've Learned About Law
Chapter 4: Are Judges For Real?
PART TWO:
LAW: WHAT WE KNOW
Chapter 5: What Exists Outside My Head
Chapter 6: The Judge and Jury May Try to Get It Right
Chapter 7: Do We Even Know What "Law" Is?PART THREE:
LAW: INTERPRETING IT
Chapter 8: Who Needs Congress When You've Got Judges?
Chapter 9: Fun with Statutes
Chapter 10: To Hell with StatutesPART FOUR:
LAW: WHAT IT SAYS
Chapter 11: Justice Is What I Say It Is
Chapter 12: Law Is Sort of Like Economics
Chapter 13: More Ways to Misunderstand LawPART FIVE:
LAW: WINGING IT
Chapter 14: Back to the Future
Chapter 15: A Toast to Naked Judges