Eric J. Segall

Originalism as Faith

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Produktbeschreibung

Tracing the development of originalism, Eric J. Segall shows how judges often use the theory to reach politically desirable results.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 531g
• ISBN-13: 9781107188556
• ISBN-10: 1107188555
• Artikelnr.: 52156519

Autorenporträt

Eric J. Segall is the Kathy and Lawrence Ashe Professor of Law at Georgia State University College of Law. He is the author of Supreme Myths: Why the Supreme Court is Not a Court and its Justices are Not Judges (2012).

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue
1. Originalism and judicial review: an introduction
2. Judicial review at the beginning
3. Originalism's path
4. The original originalists and their critics
5. The new originalism
6. The new, new originalists
7. The non-originalism of justices Scalia and Thomas
8. Originalism without strong deference cannot work
9. Values and ideology drive supreme court decisions
10. Originalism as faith
Conclusion.