AKA Eric Andrew Posner

Born: 5-Dec-1965
Birthplace: Chicago, IL

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Legal Scholar

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Law and Social Norms

Father: Richard Posner (judge, b. 11-Jan-1939)
Mother: Charlene Ruth Horn
Brother: Kenneth Alan Posner
Wife: Emlyn Eisenach

    University: BA, Yale University
    University: MA Philosophy, Yale University
    Law School: JD, Harvard Law School (1991)
    Assistant Professor: Law, University of Pennsylvania (1993-98)
    Professor: Law, University of Chicago Law School (1998-)

    Office of Legal Counsel Attorney Advisor (1992-93)
    Law Clerk to Stephen F. Williams, DC Circuit Court of Appeals (1991-92)
 
    American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2010
    American Law and Economics Association
    American Law Institute 2014
    Maryland State Bar Association 1991

Official Website:
http://www.ericposner.com/

Author of books:
Law and Social Norms (2000, law)
The Limits of International Law (2005, law)
New Foundations of Cost-Benefit Analysis (2006, economics)
Terror in the Balance: Security, Liberty and the Courts (2007, law)
The Perils of Global Legalism (2009, law)
Climate Change Justice (2010, law)
The Executive Unbound: After the Madisonian Republic (2011, law)
Contract Law and Theory (2011, law)
Economic Foundations of International Law (2013, law)
The The Twilight of Human Rights Law (2014, law)

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