| Eric Posner | |
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| Born | 1965 |
| Residence | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Citizenship |  United States |
| Nationality | United States |
| Fields | Law and economics |
| Institutions | University of Chicago Law School |
| Alma mater | Yale University Harvard Law School |
Eric A. Posner (born 1965) is a law professor at the University of Chicago Law School. He is the son of the prominent federal appellate judge Richard Posner. His current research focuses on international law and international tribunals. He has written about the trial of the deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein [1]. In Terror in the Balance: Security, Liberty, and the Courts (2007), he argued that courts should be more deferential to executive action during emergencies than during normal times.[2].
Posner attended Yale University (B.A., M.A. in philosophy, summa cum laude) and received his law degree from Harvard Law School (J.D., magna cum laude) in 1991, and clerked for Judge Stephen F. Williams of the D.C. Circuit.
Writings
- Law and Happiness (University of Chicago Press 2010) ISBN 9780226676005
- Perils of Global Legalism (University of Chicago Press 2009)
- Terror in the Balance: Security, Liberty, and the Courts (Oxford University Press 2007) (with Adrian Vermeule).
- The Limits of International Law (Oxford University Press 2005) (with Jack Goldsmith).
- Law and Social Norms, (Harvard University Press 2000).
- "Is the International Court of Justice Biased?," J. Legal Stud. (forthcoming 2005) (with Miguel de Figueiredo).
- "Judicial Cliches on Terrorism," The Washington Post, August 8, 2005 (with Adrian Vermeule).
- "A Threat That Belongs Behind Bars," The New York Times, June 25, 2006
References
- ^ http://uchicagolaw.typepad.com/faculty/saddams_trial/index.html
- ^ Eric Posner and Adrian Vermeule (2007), Terror in the Balance: Security, Liberty, and the Courts, Oxford University Press, chap. I
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