@article{1478663,
      recid = {1478663},
      author = {Posner, Richard A., },
      title = {Law, Pragmatism, and Democracy /},
      pages = {1 online resource (416 p.)},
      abstract = {Richard Posner argues for a conception of the liberal  state based on pragmatic theories of government. He views  the actions of elected officials as guided by interests  rather than by reason and the decisions of judges by  discretion rather than by rules. He emphasizes the  institutional and material, rather than moral and  deliberative, factors in democratic decision making. Posner  argues that democracy is best viewed as a competition for  power by means of regular elections. Citizens should not be  expected to play a significant role in making complex  public policy regarding, say, taxes or missile defense.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1478663},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674042292},
}