Scalia speaks audiobook by antonin scalia, christopher j. Reflections on law, faith, and life well lived, a collection of speeches coedited by his son christopher and his former law clerk edward whelan. In this volume, christopher scalia one of the justices sons and edward whelan law clerk to scalia for the october 1991 term give posthumous voice to the late justice by way of a collection of 48 thematically organized speeches delivered between 1984 and 2014. A collection of the late antonin scalias speeches, commencement addresses, and eulogies. He was described as the intellectual anchor for the originalist and textualist position in the courts. Reflections on law, faith, and life well lived, the upcoming collection of speeches from the late supreme court justice. He is without a doubt the most erudite, judicious and intelligent individual ive ever read. Reflections on law, faith, and a life well lived is a collection of antonin scalias various speeches edited by one of his sons christopher, alongside a forward from ruth bader ginsberg.
Reflections on law, faith, and life well lived ebook written by antonin scalia. The fortyone speeches that constitute the book were chosen by one of antonin scalia s nine children, christopher j. March 11, 1936 february, 2016 was an american lawyer, jurist, government official, and academic who served as an associate justice of the supreme court of the united states from 1986 until his death in 2016. Antonin scalia, associate justice of the supreme court of the united states from 1986 to 2016, well known for his strong legal conservatism. Justice antonin scalia, who was appointed to the u. One could fill a book about why justice scalia was right in his. List of books and articles about antonin scalia online. He was the first supreme court justice of italian ancestry. Antonin scalias son speaks about his fathers legacy. Featuring a foreword by longtime friend justice ruth bader ginsburg. Scalia, and is a collection of scalias speeches on legal issues, friends and a variety of topics. Scalia speaks reflections on law, faith, and life well lived book. If youre going to be a good and faithful judge, you have to resign yourself to the fact that youre not always going to like the conclusions you reach. It performs expertly its task of showing a more personal side of the most important justice of the last thirty years.
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