Eric A. Posner

Publications

• Trump’s Lower Court Judges and Religion: An Initial Appraisal
  54 J. LEGAL STUD. (2025) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2025
• Introduction to the Symposium on Labor Market Power
  90 U. CHI. L. REV. (2023) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2023
• Horizontal Collusion and Parallel Wage Setting in Labor Markets
  90 U. CHI. L. REV. (2023) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2023
• Congress’s Domain: Appropriations, Time, and Chevron
  70 DUKE L.J. 1057 (2021) · Duke Law Journal · 2021
• The Limits of International Law Fifteen Years Later
  22 CHI. J. INT'L L. (2021) · Chicago Journal of International Law · 2021
• The Roberts Court and the Transformation of Constitutional Protections for Religion: A Statistical Portrait
  2021 SUP. CT. REV. (2021) · Supreme Court Review · 2021
• Why Has Antitrust Law Failed Workers?
  105 CORNELL L. REV. 1343 (2020) · Cornell Law Review · 2020

• Norming in Administrative Law
  68 DUKE L.J. 1383 (2019) · Duke Law Journal · 2019
• Treaties and Human Rights: The Role of Long-Term Trends
  81 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 1 (2018) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 2018
• Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Judicial Role
  85 U. CHI. L. REV. (2018) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2018
• Optimal Design of Guest Worker Programs: An Introduction
  47 J. LEGAL STUD. (2018) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2018
• Why Countries Sign Bilateral Labor Agreements
  47 J. LEGAL STUD. (2018) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2018
• Presidential Obstruction of Justice
  106 CAL. L. REV. 1277 (2018) · California Law Review · 2018
• What Legal Authority Does the Fed Need During a Financial Crisis?
  101 MINN. L. REV. 1529 (2017) · Minnesota Law Review · 2017
• Unquantified Benefits and the Problem of Regulation under Certainty
  102 CORNELL L. REV. 87 (2016) · Cornell Law Review · 2016
• Supreme Court Justices’ Loyalty to the President
  45 J. LEGAL STUD. (2016) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2016
• A Review
  126 YALE L.J. 504 (2016) · Yale Law Journal · 2016
• A Framework for Bailout Regulation
  91 NOTRE DAME L. REV. (2016) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2016
• An FDA for Financial Innovation: Applying the Insurable Interest Doctrine to Twenty-First-Century Financial Markets
  107 NW. U. L. REV. 1307 (2015) · Northwestern University Law Review · 2015
• How Do Bank Regulators Determine Capital-Adequacy Requirements?
  82 U. CHI. L. REV. (2015) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2015
• The Role of Competence in Promotions from the Lower Federal Courts
  44 J. LEGAL STUD. (2015) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2015
• An Empirical Study of Political Bias in Legal Scholarship
  44 J. LEGAL STUD. (2015) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2015
• Voting Squared: Quadratic Voting in Democratic Politics
  68 VAND. L. REV. 441 (2015) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2015
• Altruism Exchanges and the Kidney Shortage
  77 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 289 (2014) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 2014
• Quadratic Voting as Efficient Corporate Governance
  81 U. CHI. L. REV. (2014) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2014
• Benefit-Cost Paradigms in Financial Regulation
  43 J. LEGAL STUD. (2014) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2014
• Voting Rules in International Organizations
  15 CHI. J. INT'L L. (2014) · Chicago Journal of International Law · 2014
• [Introduction] Immigration Law and Institutional Design
  80 U. CHI. L. REV. (2013) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2013
• The Institutional Structure of Immigration Law
  80 U. CHI. L. REV. (2013) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2013
• International Paretianism: A Defense
  13 CHI. J. INT'L L. (2013) · Chicago Journal of International Law · 2013
• The Law and Policy of Judicial Retirement: An Empirical Study
  42 J. LEGAL STUD. (2013) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2013
• Inside or Outside the System?
  80 U. CHI. L. REV. (2013) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2013
• Delegation in Immigration Law
  79 U. CHI. L. REV. (2012) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2012
• Aggregation and Law
  122 YALE L.J. 2 (2012) · Yale Law Journal · 2012
• The Limits of Constitutional Convergence
  11 CHI. J. INT'L L. (2011) · Chicago Journal of International Law · 2011
• Efficient Breach of International Law: Optimal Remedies, 'Legalized Noncompliance,' and Related Issues
  110 MICH. L. REV. 243 (2011) · Michigan Law Review · 2011
• The Right to Withdraw in Contract Law
  40 J. LEGAL STUD. (2011) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2011
• Climate Regulation and the Limits of Cost-Benefit Analysis
  99 CAL. L. REV. 1557 (2011) · California Law Review · 2011
• Against Feasibility Analysis
  77 U. CHI. L. REV. (2010) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2010
• ProCD v Zeidenberg and Cognitive Overload in Contractual Bargaining
  77 U. CHI. L. REV. 1181 (2010) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2010

• Judicial Evaluations and Information Forcing: Ranking State High Courts and Their Judges
  58 DUKE L.J. 1313 (2009) · Duke Law Journal · 2009
• Crisis Governance in the Administrative State: 9/11 and the Financial Meltdown of 2008
  76 U. CHI. L. REV. (2009) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2009
• Fault in Contract Law
  107 MICH. L. REV. 1431 (2009) · Michigan Law Review · 2009
• Should Greenhouse Gas Permits be Allocated on a Per Capita Basis
  97 CAL. L. REV. 51 (2009) · California Law Review · 2009
• Does Political Bias in the Judiciary Matter?: Implications of Judicial Bias Studies for Legal and Constitutional Reform
  75 U. CHI. L. REV. (2008) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2008
• Happiness Research and Cost-Benefit Analysis
  37 J. LEGAL STUD. (2008) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2008
• Introduction to the Conference on Law and Happiness
  37 J. LEGAL STUD. (2008) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2008
• A Critique of the Odious Debt Doctrine
  70 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 33 (2007) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 2007
• The Credible Executive
  74 U. CHI. L. REV. (2007) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2007
• Agencies Should Ignore Distant-Future Generations
  74 U. CHI. L. REV. (2007) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2007
• The International Protection of Cultural Property: Some Skeptical Observations
  8 CHI. J. INT'L L. (2007) · Chicago Journal of International Law · 2007
• Chevronizing Foreign Relations Law
  116 YALE L.J. 1170 (2007) · Yale Law Journal · 2007
• There Are No Penalty Default Rules in Contract Law
  33 FLA. ST. U. L. REV. (2006) · Florida State University Law Review · 2006
• International Law: A Welfarist Approach
  73 U. CHI. L. REV. (2006) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2006
• International Law and the Rise of China
  7 CHI. J. INT'L L. (2006) · Chicago Journal of International Law · 2006
• The New International Law Scholarship
  34 GA. J. INT'L & COMP. L. 463 (2006) · Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law · 2006
• Should Coercive Interrogation Be Legal?
  104 MICH. L. REV. 671 (2006) · Michigan Law Review · 2006
• Presidential Signing Statements and Executive Power
  23 CONST. COMMENT. 307 (2006) · Constitutional Commentary · 2006
• Political Trials in Domestic and International Law
  55 DUKE L.J. 75 (2005) · Duke Law Journal · 2005
• Terrorism and the Laws of War
  5 CHI. J. INT'L L. (2005) · Chicago Journal of International Law · 2005
• Dollars and Death
  72 U. CHI. L. REV. (2005) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2005
• Is the International Court of Justice Biased?
  34 J. LEGAL STUD. (2005) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2005
• Judicial Independence in International Tribunals
  93 CAL. L. REV. 1 (2005) · California Law Review · 2005
• Reply to Helfer and Slaughter
  93 CAL. L. REV. 957 (2005) · California Law Review · 2005
• Transnational Legal Process and the Supreme Court's 2003-2004 Term: Some Skeptical Observations
  12 TULSA J. COMP. & INT'L L. 23 (2004) · Tulsa Journal of Comparative and International Law · 2004
• The Political Economy of Property Exemption Laws
  47 J. L. & ECON. (2004) · Journal of Law and Economics · 2004
• Transfer Regulations and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
  53 DUKE L.J. 1067 (2003) · Duke Law Journal · 2003
• Nondelegation: A Post-Mortem
  70 U. CHI. L. REV. (2003) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2003
• A Theory of the Laws of War
  70 U. CHI. L. REV. (2003) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2003
• Tobacco Regulation or Litigation? (reviewing <i>Smoke-Filled Rooms: A Postmortem on the Tobacco Deal</i> by W. Kip Viscusi)
  70 U. CHI. L. REV. (2003) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2003
• The Jurisprudence of Greed
  151 U. PENN. L. REV. 1097 (2003) · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 2003
• Economic Analysis of Contract Law After Three Decades: Success or Failure?
  112 YALE L.J. 829 (2003) · Yale Law Journal · 2003
• The Signaling Model of Social Norms: Further Thoughts
  36 U. RICH. L. REV. 465 (2002) · University of Richmond Law Review · 2002
• Interring the Nondelegation Doctrine
  69 U. CHI. L. REV. (2002) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2002
• Moral and Legal Rhetoric in International Relations: A Rational Choice Perspective
  31 J. LEGAL STUD. (2002) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2002
• Introduction
  31 J. LEGAL STUD. (2002) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2002
• Using Net Benefit Accounts to Discipline Agencies: A Thought Experiment
  150 U. PENN. L. REV. 1473 (2002) · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 2002
• Legislative Entrenchment: A Reappraisal
  111 YALE L.J. 1665 (2002) · Yale Law Journal · 2002
• Controlling Agencies with Cost-Benefit Analysis: A Positive Political Theory Perspective
  68 U. CHI. L. REV. (2001) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2001
• Further Thoughts on Customary International Law
  23 MICH. J. INT'L L. 191 (2001) · Michigan Journal of International Law · 2001
• Comment on Means Testing Consumer Bankruptcy by Jean Braucher
  7 FORDHAM J. CORP. & FIN. L. 457 (2001) · Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law · 2001
• Law and Regret
  98 MICH. L. REV. 1468 (2000) · Michigan Law Review · 2000
• Introduction
  29 J. LEGAL STUD. (2000) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2000
• Implementing Cost-Benefit Analysis When Preferences Are Distorted
  29 J. LEGAL STUD. (2000) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2000
• Law and Social Norms: The Case of Tax Compliance
  86 VA. L. REV. 1781 (2000) · Virginia Law Review · 2000

• The Demand for Human Cloning
  27 HOFSTRA L. REV. (1999) · Hofstra Law Review · 1999
• Should Debtors Be Forced into Chapter 13
  32 LOY. L. A. L. REV. 965 (1999) · Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review · 1999
• A Theory of Customary International Law
  66 U. CHI. L. REV. (1999) · University of Chicago Law Review · 1999
• Shaming White-Collar Criminals: A Proposal for Reform of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines
  42 J. L. & ECON. (1999) · Journal of Law and Economics · 1999
• Rethinking Cost-Benefit Analysis
  109 YALE L.J. 165 (1999) · Yale Law Journal · 1999
• Symbols, Signals, and Social Norms in Politics and the Law
  27 J. LEGAL STUD. (1998) · Journal of Legal Studies · 1998
• The New Chicago School: Myth or Reality? Transcript
  5 U. CHI. L. SCH. ROUNDTABLE (1998) · The University of Chicago Law School Roundtable · 1998
• Parol Evidence Rule, the Plain Meaning Rule, and the Principles of Contractual Interpretation
  146 U. PENN. L. REV. 533 (1998) · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 1998
• Strategic Basis of Principled Behavior: A Critique of the Imcommensurability Thesis
  146 U. PENN. L. REV. 1185 (1998) · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 1998
• The Political Economy of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978
  96 MICH. L. REV. 47 (1997) · Michigan Law Review · 1997
• The Regulation of Groups: The Influence of Legal and Nonlegal Sanctions on Collective Action
  63 U. CHI. L. REV. (1996) · University of Chicago Law Review · 1996
• Law, Economics, and Inefficient Norms
  144 U. PENN. L. REV. 1697 (1996) · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 1996
• Norms, Formalities, and the Statute fo Frauds: A Comment
  144 U. PENN. L. REV. 1971 (1996) · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 1996
• Contract Law in the Welfare State: A Defense of the Unconscionability Doctrine, Usury Laws, and Related Limitations on the Freedom to Contract
  24 J. LEGAL STUD. (1995) · Journal of Legal Studies · 1995