Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2010
Abstract
This article will appear in a Symposium on comparative legal hermeneutics that includes four articles by American scholars and four articles by Brazilian scholars. I argue that the "ugly American" hermeneutics exemplified in Justice Scalia's opinion in District of Columbia v. Heller is unfortunate, even if we supplement Justice Scalia's hermeneutical fantasy with the much more careful and balanced philosophical work by Larry Solum, Keith Whittington and other scholars. Nevertheless, the pragmatic work of interpretation by lawyers and judges in the day-to-day world of legal practice shows a plain-faced integrity of which we Americans can be proud.
Publication Citation
Mootz III, Francis Joseph, Ugly American Hermeneutics (January 1, 2010). Nevada Law Review, Vol. 10, No. 3, 2010.
Recommended Citation
Mootz, Francis J. III, "Ugly American Hermeneutics" (2010). Scholarly Works. 102.
https://scholars.law.unlv.edu/facpub/102