Tribe and scalia on the constitution: A Third View.(US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and law professor Laurence Tribe)

From: World and I | Date: April 1, 1999| Author: Kapla, Morton A. | Copyright information

The book 'A Matter of Interpretation' has a long lead essay by US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and includes responses by legal scholars, including Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe. It addresses the issue of how the rule of law applies to the interpretation of the Constitution. There are difficulties with textualism, on which Scalia places great emphasis. Tribe is correct in arguing that original meaning is not determinative, and that it is often subject to dispute.

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