1. Eric Andrew Posner is an American lawyer and legal scholar.
14 Facts About Eric Posner
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Eric Posner is the son of retired Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner.
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Eric Posner clerked for Judge Stephen F Williams of the DC Circuit.
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Eric Posner started his teaching career at the University of Pennsylvania Law School from 1993 to 1998.
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In 1998, Eric Posner joined the University of Chicago Law School, where he is the Kirkland and Ellis Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Esther Kane Research Chair.
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Eric Posner has been a visiting professor at Columbia Law School and NYU School of Law.
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Eric Posner is the author or co-author of many books and articles, on subjects including international law, cost-benefit analysis, and constitutional law.
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Eric Posner's published books have ranged over several topics including international law, foreign relations law, contracts, and game theory and the law.
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In 2005, Eric Posner posted about the trial of the deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
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In 2015, Eric Posner co-founded the book review The New Rambler.
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Eric Posner's position concerning the heightened standing of the executive branch of government was criticized in 2016 by Jeremy Waldron in his book Political Political Theory as not sufficiently sensitive to issue of legislative priorities.
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In 2018, Eric Posner co-wrote an article advocating a system of market-oriented, privately sponsored work visas as a supplement to US immigration policy.
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Eric Posner has argued for increased attention towards the role of emotions in legal theory.
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Eric Posner is a son of the former United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit judge Richard Posner.