ORYGINALIZM ANTONINA SCALII I ‘VERFASSUNG’ CARLA SCHMITTA. DWA SPOJRZENIA NA ROLĘ PIERWOTNEJ DECYZJI W PRAWIE

Wojciech Engelking

doi:10.21697/zp.2020.20.2.03

Published: 2020-07-30

Vol. 20 No. 2 (2020)

Antonin Scalia’s Originalism and Carl Schmitt’s ‘Verfassung’ Concept: Two Approaches to the Initial Decision in Law

Wojciech Engelking

Zeszyty Prawnicze

Section: Artykuły

https://doi.org/10.21697/zp.2020.20.2.03

Abstract

Although many scholars consider the concepts of the German theoretician of law and political philosopher Carl Schmitt the inspiration behind the measures the United States has taken in its war on terror, the American judiciary has stood up in strong opposition against such ideas. But there has also been resistance to this opposition, a notable instance of which came from Judge Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court. His dissent earned him the reputation of being a “late successor” to Carl Schmitt, which is a problematic claim, because Scalia never admitted to any inﬂuences for his originalistic doctrine other than ones drawn from American sources. This article analyzes the similarities between Scalia’s originalism and Carl Schmitt’s concept of the Verfassung, and Scalia’s dissenting opinion to the judgment of the US Supreme Court in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, which shows the Schmittian character of Scalia’s originalism.

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Carl Schmitt; Antonin Scalia; originalism.

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Engelking, W. (2020). Antonin Scalia’s Originalism and Carl Schmitt’s ‘Verfassung’ Concept: Two Approaches to the Initial Decision in Law. Zeszyty Prawnicze, 20(2), 29–51. https://doi.org/10.21697/zp.2020.20.2.03

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