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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Brisbin, Richard A. Justice Antonin Scalia and the Conservative revival. Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997 (OCoLC)605989564 |
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| Named Person: | Antonin Scalia; Antonin Scalia; Antonin Scalia |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Richard A Brisbin |
| ISBN: | 0801854326 9780801854323 |
| OCLC Number: | 34772278 |
| Description: | xi, 474 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction: Antonin Scalia and the New American Conservatism -- Ch. 1. From Professor to Pundit -- Ch. 2. Rewiring the D.C. Circuit -- Ch. 3. Scalia and the Conservatism of the Reagan Administration -- Ch. 4. Presidential Leadership and the Separation of Powers -- Ch. 5. The Trick of Harnessing Federal Power -- Ch. 6. Equality Through the Panacea of Neutral Law -- Ch. 7. Ordering the Chaos of Expression -- Ch. 8. Crime and the Power of the State -- Ch. 9. Protecting Bodies and Property -- Ch. 10. The Rule of Law and the Limits of the Conservative Revival -- Ch. 11. The Artifice of Scalia's Political Message -- Bibliography of the Publications of Antonin Scalia to 1 November 1995. |
| Responsibility: | Richard A. Brisbin, Jr. |
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Abstract:
Scalia's jurisprudence, Brisbin contends, values order and stability over pragmatism and experiment, relying on a majoritarian view rather than on any nucleus of founding principles embedded in the American constitution. After reviewing Scalia's legal experiences before joining the Supreme Court and describing the influences on his political and legal thought, Brisbin undertakes a detailed analysis of Scalia's Supreme Court voting record and opinions. The conservative philosophy emerging from Scalia's legal decisions, Brisbin argues, assumes the legitimacy and propriety of political regimes functioning under the rule of law. It disciplines - sometimes harshly - inappropriate uses of liberty and accepts the proposition that the law can serve as an effective means to structure, interpret, and control political conflicts. Brisbin concludes that the language of Scalia's legal opinions reinforces a politics of inequality.
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