Antonin Scalia and American constitutionalism : the historical significance of a judicial icon / Edward A. Purcell, Jr.
By: Purcell, Edward A [author.]
.Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2020Description: 1 online resource (328 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197508794.Subject(s): Scalia, Antonin, 1936-2016 -- Influence | United States. Supreme Court | Constitutional law -- United States | Law | Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of lawAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780197508763DDC classification: 347.732634 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Antonin Scalia and American Constitutionalism is a critical study of Justice Antonin Scalia's jurisprudence, his work on the U.S. Supreme Court, and his significance for an understanding of American constitutionalism. After tracing Scalia's emergence as a hero of the political right and his opposition to many of the decisions of the Warren Court, this book examines his general jurisprudential theory of originalism and textualism, arguing that he failed to produce either the objective method he claimed or the "correct" constitutional results he promised. The book argues that Scalia applied his jurisprudential theories in inconsistent ways and often ignored, twisted, or abandoned the interpretive methods he proclaimed, in most cases reaching results that were consistent with "conservative" politics and the ideology of the post-Reagan Republican Party.
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Also issued in print: 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Antonin Scalia and American Constitutionalism is a critical study of Justice Antonin Scalia's jurisprudence, his work on the U.S. Supreme Court, and his significance for an understanding of American constitutionalism. After tracing Scalia's emergence as a hero of the political right and his opposition to many of the decisions of the Warren Court, this book examines his general jurisprudential theory of originalism and textualism, arguing that he failed to produce either the objective method he claimed or the "correct" constitutional results he promised. The book argues that Scalia applied his jurisprudential theories in inconsistent ways and often ignored, twisted, or abandoned the interpretive methods he proclaimed, in most cases reaching results that were consistent with "conservative" politics and the ideology of the post-Reagan Republican Party.
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