Scalia speaks : reflections on law, faith, and life well lived
Book |
First Edition. |
Crown Forum,
New York :
[2017]
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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About
"This definitive collection of beloved Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's finest speeches covers topics as varied as the law, faith, virtue, pastimes, and his heroes and friends. Featuring a foreword by longtime friend Ruth Bader Ginsburg and an intimate introduction by his youngest son, this volume includes dozens of speeches, some deeply personal, that have never before been published"--
Details
- ISBN: 9780525573326 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: xi, 420 pages ; 25 cmprint
- Edition: First Edition.
- Publisher: New York : Crown Forum, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
- General Note: Includes indexes.
- Formatted Contents Note: ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND ETHNICITY. What makes an American ; Italian view of the Irish ; Only in America ; American values and European values -- ON LIVING AND LEARNING. The arts ; Games and sports ; Writing well ; Turkey hunting ; Civic education ; College education ; Legal education ; The legal profession ; Platitudes and wisdom -- ON FAITH. The Christian as cretin ; Being different ; Catholic higher education ; Church and state ; Religious retreats ; Faith and judging -- ON LAW. The idea of the Constitution ; The vocation of a judge ; Original meaning ; Interpreting the Constitution ; The freedom of speech ; Congressional power ; The crisis in judicial appointments ; Legislative history ; Natural law ; Foreign law ; Judges as mullahs ; Dissents ; Legal canards -- ON VIRTUE AND THE PUBLIC GOOD. Courage ; Tradition ; Character ; Right and left ; The Holocaust -- ON HEROES AND FRIENDS. George Washington ; Abraham Lincoln ; William Howard Taft ; Ruth Bader Ginsburg.