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Feb. 20, 2016
Read before that novel case arrives
Every judge seeking to improve should read "Divergent Paths: The Academy and the Judiciary" by 7th Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner. By John Shepard Wiley Jr.





2nd Appellate District, Division 8
John Shepard Wiley Jr.
Associate Justice
Boalt Hall, 1980
Every judge seeking to improve should read "Divergent Paths: The Academy and the Judiciary" (Harvard University Press, 2016), a new book by Judge Richard A. Posner of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Posner critiques the American judicial profession, broadly and deeply, and offers constructive suggestions. Nominally Posner writes about federal appellate courts, but this book is hardly so narrow. It offers something ...
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