The first thing to do, posner writes, is burn all copies of the bluebook, in its latest edition 560 pages of rubbish, a terrible time waster for law clerks employed by judges who insist. Announcing the 20202021 ylj publicinterest fellows. The bluebook blues chicago unbound university of chicago. Judge posner criticizes the bluebook the most popular legal citation format manual by eugene volokh on january 25, 2011 5. Almost five years ago, i wrote a post arguing for the abolition of the bluebook, the standard system of legal citation used by most law journals. Several of the below books will have practice tools in addition to explanations. Bluebooks harshest critics, such as judge richard posner, rely on the bluebooks system of rules much more than they like to admit. If you decide you want to practice your bluebooking skills in this way, you may want to utilize the bluebook. Posners 174 research works with 15,433 citations and 3,737 reads, including. Posners recent critique the bluebook blues of the maddening hypertrophy of the bluebook is surely a refreshing voice of sanity for the. If youre keeping score, garner wins the contest over the first issuefidelity to the basics. Judge richard posner explains why we should burn all copies of.
The indigo book isnt the same as the bluebook, but it does implement the same uniform system of citation that the bluebook does. Posner calls bluebook rubbish in legal profession critique. The university of chicago legal forum and the students in the bigelow legal re. Easterbrook, and richard porter are gratefully acknowledged. Posner whom i declare wrong on the first issue submits that. The 9 lives of richard posner the following blog post was coauthored by r street senior fellow ian adams. Court of appeals for the 7th circuit, is a noted critic of the bluebook and wrote these two critiques of it. The bluebook on judge posner anonymous suit logo by anynonymoose cc bysa 2. Judge posner, the blue book, and arkansas citation resources. For additional discussion and funny excerpts, see paul horwitz. Richard posner on the bluebook the volokh conspiracy.
A uniform system of citation exemplifies hypertrophy in the anthropological sense. Richard posner is my new hero the baseline scenario. Judge posner has a brilliant article in the yale law. Even the kelley blue book would seem a likelier candidate for a fake. This entry was posted in 1ls, bls students, blue book, brooklyn law school, legal writing and tagged fake news, richard iii, richard. Announcing the fourth yale law journal forum student essay competition. Judge richard posner is a very smart an understatement really and a serious person and this book illustrates this well. Posner says bluebook is 560 pages of rubbish, suggests. An interview with his biographer, william domnarski by david lat judicial biography isnt typical summer fare, but this book is a mustread for fans of judge posner. Posners recent critique the bluebook blues 1 of the maddening hypertrophy of the bluebook is surely a refreshing voice of san ity for the multitudes of law students and legal professionals who have had occasion to consult it. Richard posner wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Richard posners bats crazy new book the washington. Tort law as a regulatory regime for catastrophic personal injuries. Judge posner is one of the founding fathers of bluebook abolitionism, having advocated it for almost twentyfive years, ever since his 1986 university of chicago legal forum correction.
As i argued there and in several subsequent posts e. Love him or hate him, there is no disputing that judge richard a. All copies of the bluebook should be burned, seventh circuit judge richard a. Judge posner laid out his critique of the bluebook in greater detail in. Yale law journal participates in the honoring womens advancement in law conference. Judge posner and the bluebook blues a library with a. Another sin the bluebook has committed is the excessively long lists of abbreviations. Amusingly, posner likens the evergrowing list of abbreviations to that of a cancer that has. Richard allen posner born january 11, 1939 is an american jurist, legal theorist, and economist who is currently a judge on the united states court of appeals for the seventh circuit in chicago and a senior. Richard posner will go down in history as one of the most prolific and influential legal thinkers of his generation, the contents of this latest book notwithstanding. United states court of appeals for the seventh circuit. Judge posner and the bluebook blues posted on february 2, 2011 by anne burnett back in 1986, esteemed court of appeals judge richard a.
Judge posner criticizes the bluebook the most popular. Somin, ilya 20110125 richard posner on the bluebook, volokh conspiracy the bluebook blues, 120 yale l. Posner on the bluebook blues by jay okeeffe on january 26, 2011 posted in writing. Posner is right that the bluebook has become a monstrous growth and that bluebooking involves an expenditure of time that would be. The scope of the indigo books coverage is roughly equivalent to the. Judge richard posner explains why we should burn all.