The Unexpected Scalia: A Conservative Justice's Liberal Opinions

by David M. Dorsen

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110718410X
• ISBN13: 9781107184107
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.4"