Malevolent Legalities - Discriminatology and the Specters of Scalia

"Malevolent Legalities argues that Justice Antonin Scalia's "textualist-originalism" makes it lawful for discrimination to be performed through the text and seeks to prevent progress by enacting a regime of "static law". The author utilizes archival and legal research to show how the "specters" of Scalia haunt our contemporary legal reality"--

List of contents

Part I: "Prudent Evil"

1. Edwards v. Aguillard (1987): Humpty Dumpty Had a Fall
2. St. Mary's Honor Ct (1993): "Injustice is the Game"
3. Romer v. Evans (1996): "The Law Killeth, but the Spirit Giveth Life"

Part II: A "Regime of Static Law"

1. Reno v. Bossier Parish School Board (2000): "Preventing Progress"

5Abbott v. Perez (2018): Severing the Memory of Discrimination
6Students for Fair Admission v. Harvard (2023): "Colorblindness by Legal Fiat"
Conclusion: 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis (2023): the Specters of Scalia

About the author

By Kevin S. Jobe

Product details

• Authors: Kevin S Jobe, Kevin S. Jobe
• Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2024
• EAN: 9781683934028
• ISBN: 978-1-68393-402-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 235 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 544 g
• Series: The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Law, Culture, and the Humanities
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law