Antonin Scalia’s Textualism in philosophy, theology, and judicial interpretation of the Constitution
Textualism or Originalism, as defended by Justice Antonin Scalia of the U.S. Supreme Court, is a normative doctrine of method according to which the judicial interpretation of statutes and of the Constitution should aim at establishing the original meaning of the text. Textualism in the strict sense...
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Utrecht University School of Law
2007-12-01
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| Series: | Utrecht Law Review |
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| Online Access: | http://www.utrechtlawreview.org/articles/10.18352/ulr.53/ |