The Justice of Contradictions
Antonin Scalia and the Politics of Disruption
- ISBN
- 9789391155179
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 226
- Genre
- Law
- Location
- Open Shelf
About the book
"The Justice of Contradictions: Antonin Scalia and the Politics of Disruption" by Richard L. Hasen evaluates the complex legal legacy of the late Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia. The book offers an objective analysis of Scalia's judicial philosophy, his political impact, and his role as a prominent public intellectual. The author, legal scholar Richard L. Hasen, argues that Scalia was not as neutral as he claimed. Hasen demonstrates that Scalia often set aside his own legal principles to deliver conservative victories. Ultimately, Hasen concludes that Scalia's aggressive rhetoric fueled the nation's culture wars and made the Supreme Court more political, not less.