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This scholar indicated that potential political ramifications do influence court decisions in unorthodox cases in his book How Judges Think. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this former judge on the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit who, despite never being nominated to the Supreme Court, is likely America’s most-cited legal scholar.
ANSWER: Richard Posner [or Richard Allen Posner]
[10m] Posner’s decision in Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad v. American Cyanamid Co. is often taught in first-year classes on this kind of law, which focuses on civil wrongs outside the purview of criminal liability.
ANSWER: tort law [or torts]
[10e] Posner is associated with an interdisciplinary movement named for law and this other field; he maintained a blog with this field’s University of Chicago professor, Nobel laureate, and human capital proponent Gary Becker.
ANSWER: economics [accept law and economics]
<GT, Social Science>

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Imperial ACambridge A010010
Cambridge BLSE B0101020
Warwick ALSE A0000
Warwick CWarwick B001010
Imperial BBristol001010