Style Features of Judicial Decisions of American Judge Richard Posner
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Abstract
This article proposes to analyze the stylistic features of the presentation of judicial texts used by the American appellate district judge, legal scholar Richard Posner, and to determine the measure of acceptable and necessary judicial creativity, including domestic justice.
The research methodology involves general scientific logical, systemic, analytical and structural-functional methods, a particular scientific method of linguistic analysis, special legal techniques of comparative law, formal legal analysis.
The research was carried out in several stages, including: first, the study of R. Posner's court decisions with identifying specific stylistic features; second, analysis of the identified features and stating R. Posner’s general theoretical premises; third, consideration of the possibilities of developing R. Posner’s ideas in the domestic political and legal context.
As a result of the study, the following features of R. Posner's judicial opinions were identified: simplicity and clarity of the court decision, acceptable deviations from the pretentiousness of the official business style; scientific nature of the court decision, developing the logic of the court decision based on empirical material; the expediency of a court decision, the acceptability of deviations from the “letter” of the law in favor of the “spirit” of the law; a creative approach to a judicial decision, the acceptability of using certain techniques of artistic and journalistic styles of speech; skepticism towards the principle of legal certainty; overcoming the formalism of law, the acceptability of applying the principle of economic efficiency as a source of law (in the broad sense); interdisciplinary character of law, the possibility of using the methodological apparatus of other sciences in legal science; denial of the role of the judge as a passive observer and recognition of the role of the judge as an active political and legal actor.
Finally, the author concluded that the development of R. Posner’s ideas in domestic legal science is appropriate, providing for some clarifications and their critical analysis.
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