POSNER'S ARGUMENT
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POSNER'S ARGUMENT
Question One
Richard Allen Posner is one of the federal judges who criticized bluebook. In his
criticism, Posner demonstrated some strong arguments. For example, Posner believed that the
use of the abbreviation of the first name when citing on bluebook was creating some doubt to
readers. In his argument, Posner suggested that the author's first name be used when citing.
This helps readers identify the authors and easily refer to their established legal
documentation.
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Despite the argument of Posner being strong, it portrays the weakness of one
tiny handful of the case being used when making various judgments. Moreover, Posner's
argument is weak since it provides intendable distinctions.
Question Two
Reliability is one of the aspects identified in the bluebook that fits with the Christian
worldview. Here the bluebook is taken as useful and true similarly as Christians take the
word of God. Christians view the Bible as truthful and being flawless when it comes to
matters regarding faith. The sense of truthfulness is portrayed in the bluebook, where
practitioners and law students use them as references when studying and applying the law.
According to D'Agostino, Christian believes that the Bible does not have any error. Errors in
the bluebook are eliminated when authors of law documents need to be identified using their
first names. Another aspect of the bluebook that fits with the Christian worldview is
uniformity. D'Agostino indicates that the bluebook has uniformity on how citations are made.
This is similar to how Bible, which Christians use for references.
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Lastly, the bluebook fits
with the Christian worldview since actors must give specific content before they can use it in
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D’Agostino, Joseph. "Posner’s Folly: The End of Legal Pragmatism and Coercion’s Clarity." British Journal of
American Legal Studies 7, no. 2 (2018): 365-400.
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D’Agostino, Joseph. "Posner’s Folly: The End of Legal Pragmatism and Coercion’s Clarity." British Journal of
American Legal Studies 7, no. 2 (2018): 365-400.
some situations. Here law students and practitioners are required to consider the most used
legal guidelines. This is similar to Christianity, where verses are repeated regularly.
Bibliography
D'Agostino, Joseph. "Posner's Folly: The End of Legal Pragmatism and Coercion's
Clarity." British Journal of American Legal Studies 7, no. 2 (2018): 365-400.
