Misunderstanding of democracy   Judge Richard Posner of the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, who also continues to
teach at the University of Chicago Law School ... is, of course,
best-known for his seminal work establishing economic analysis
of law as the major intellectual event in American legal
scholarship of the past thirty years. Over the last twenty
years, he has also become recognized as one of the most
important and influential federal judges in the United States.
This eminent man is guest-blogging at Leiter Reports (via
Crooked Timber).  In his really thought-provoking first post,
Richard Posner writes this paragraph: I believe that Posner here
wonderfully captures the crux of modern democracy, and hints at
what makes it so rewarding as a field of reflection or activity,
beyond the appeal of many more theoretical, less 'dirty'
subjects.   Martin Camaj, Lule   Martin Camaj (1925-1992) was an
Albanian poet who spent his working life in Germany. Some
information about him is available at