The Failure of Originalism as a Theory of Legal Reasoning.

• In Event: Originalism, Textualism, and American Constitutional Politics. Comparative Perspectives on the Theory and Practice of Constitutional Adjudication

Brief Overview

Antonin Scalia argues for originalism that does not rely on the intentions of those who enacted the standard. Paper evaluates efforts to generate an account of semantic originalism that satisfies this standard.

Author

• Alexander Kaufman, University of Georgia