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Title: The Conservative Revolution of Antonin Scalia
Condition: New
ISBN-10: 149856450X
EAN: 9781498564502
ISBN: 9781498564502
Publisher: Lexington Books
Format: Paperback
Type: Paperback
Release Date: 07/07/2020
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 231mm
Item Length: 153mm
Item Width: 21mm
Item Weight: 535g
Contributor: James Staab (Contributions by), Howard Schweber (Contributions by), Christopher J. Krewson (Contributions by), Tim Johnson (Contributions by), Stephen M. Feldman (Contributions by), Ryan Black (Contributions by), Ronald Kahn (Contributions by), Alexander Denison (Contributions by), Maureen Stobb (Contributions by), Mary Welek Atwell (Contributions by), Gerard Michael D’Emilio (Contributions by), Jesse Merriam (Contributions by), Christopher E. Smith (Contributions by), David A Schultz (Contributions by), David A Schultz (Edited by), Charles F. Jacobs (Contributions by), Howard Schweber (Edited by), Justin Wedeking (Contributions by), Ryan J. Owens (Contributions by), Henry L. Chambers Jr. (Contributions by)
Genre: History
Topic: Law & Politics
Author: James Staab
Release Year: 2020
Description: Many hoped or feared that Antonin Scalia’s appointment to the Supreme Court in 1986 would guarantee a conservative counter-revolution that would reverse the liberal jurisprudence of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren and which was continued to some extent under the Burger Court though the influence of Justice William Brennan. In addition, President Reagan described Scalia’s nomination as part of a project to remake the role of the Court, promote an interpretive approach of originalism, and shift authority and discretion to the States. Yet by the time of his death in 2016 it was unclear to what extent Scalia had effected the legal, institutional, or political revolutions that had been anticipated. While the Court did move to the right doctrinally, and reversed or modified many Vinson-Warren-Burger precedents, Scalia’s influence on constitutional jurisprudence turned out to be far less than it could have been, and his ability to persuade other Justices to adopt his legal views—both substantively and methodologically—was less than many mainstream media accounts recognize. Scalia’s institutional and political legacies are similarly complex: he was neither as transformative a figure as some of his allies might have hoped nor so unimportant as some of his detractors might have wished. The fact that his death and the controversy surrounding his replacement is so intense speaks to the fragile legacy that Scalia really has had on the Supreme Court after 30 years. This book will assess Scalia’s legacy in an edited volume that assembles leading legal and political science scholars who will evaluate his impact across a range of jurisprudential, institutional, and political issues.

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