Interview with Judge Guido Calabresi

Guido Calabresi is a senior judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He is the Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law at the Yale Law School where he served as dean from 1985 to 1994.

“Call Me Guy”

Max Raskin: For someone who has a lot of different interests and also two very significant careers, how do you split up your day in terms of what you work on?

Guido Calabresi: Everybody has a tendency toward some mental problem – which, if it went further, would cause trouble. Some tend to paranoia, some to manic depression. I tend to be com…