Matter of interpretation

By:

Scalia, Antonin

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Jersey; Princeton university press; 1997Description: 159pISBN:

9780691004006

Subject(s):

United states-Constitutional law-Interpretation and cons

DDC classification:

347.732634 SCA

Summary: This book define, that we are all familiar with the image of the immensely clever judge who discerns the best rule of common law for the case at hand. According to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a judge like this can maneuver through earlier cases to achieve the desired aim--"distinguishing one prior case on his left, straight-arming another one on his right, high-stepping away from another precedent about to tackle him from the rear, until (bravo!) he reaches the goal--good law."

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This book define, that we are all familiar with the image of the immensely clever judge who discerns the best rule of common law for the case at hand. According to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a judge like this can maneuver through earlier cases to achieve the desired aim--"distinguishing one prior case on his left, straight-arming another one on his right, high-stepping away from another precedent about to tackle him from the rear, until (bravo!) he reaches the goal--good law."

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