Blindfolds off
Subtitle: judges on how they decide
By: Joel Cohen ; foreword by Hon. Richard Posner, 7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Contributors: Posner, Richard A., writer of preface
Publisher: American Bar Association
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9781627226790
Subjects: Judicial process; Judges; Interviews
Notes: "The 13 interviews that comprise this volume, all but two conducted during 2013, were tape recorded in the chambers of the respective judges, except for the interview of Judge Hittner, conducted in New York, the interview of (retired) Judge Walker, conducted at his law office in San Francisco, and the interview of (retired) Judge Gertner, conducted at her office at Harvard Law School"--Page xxvii.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Judge Leonie Brinkema : the Moussaoui terrorism case; title: Judge Denny Chin : Madoff : why 150 years?; title: Judge Martin Feldman : Deepwater Horizon; title: Judge Nancy Gertner : upbraiding the FBI; title: Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein : managing and settling the 9/11 tort cases; title: Judge David Hittner : an inner city project's demolition; title: Judge John E. Jones III : intelligent design; title: Judge Charles P. Kocoras : the failed expert; title: Chief Judge Alex Kozinski : judging from the "bully pulpit"; title: Judge Jed S. Rakoff : death is different; title: Judge Emmet G. Sullivan : guilt, innocence, and prosecutorial misconduct; title: Judge Vaughn R. Walker : same-sex marriage; title: Judge Jack B. Weinstein : agent orange; title: Epilogue; title: Excerpt from The Nature of the judicial process / Benjamin N. Cardozo.