The unexpected Scalia : a conservative justice's liberal opinions / David Dorsen

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Main Author: Dorsen, David M., 1935- author
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017
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245 1 4 |a The unexpected Scalia : a conservative justice's liberal opinions / David Dorsen 
260 |a Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :  |b Cambridge University Press,  |c 2017 
300 |a xvi, 377 pages ;  |c 24 cm 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a "Antonin Scalia was one of the most important, outspoken, and controversial Justices in the past century. His endorsements of originalism, which requires deciding cases as they would have been decided in 1789, and textualism, which limits judges in what they could consider in interpreting text, caused major changes in the way the Supreme Court decides cases. He was a leader in opposing abortion, the right to die, affirmative action, and mandated equality for gays and lesbians, and was for virtually untrammelled gun rights, political expenditures, and the imposition of the death penalty. But both the concept and the execution of originalism, by Scalia and other originalists, have been seriously flawed, leading to decisions that are both historically incorrect and socially and politically undesirable. A close friend of Scalia, David Dorsen explains the flawed judicial philosophy of one of the most important Supreme Court Justices of the past century"-- Provided by publisher 
650 0 |a Scalia, Antonin 
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852 |a Law Library  |b Third Floor  |h KF8745 .S33 .D67 2017  |p 33940004396535