SOUND PRINCIPLES, UNDESIRABLE OUTCOMES: JUSTICE SCALIA'S PARADOXICAL EIGHTH AMENDMENT JURISPRUDENCE.

The article discusses the views of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia regarding a proportionality principle in the Eighth Amendment to America's Constitution and prisoners' rights claims, and it mentions Scalia's jurisprudence and attitudes towards criminal sanctions. Various criminal law cases are examined, including Trop v. Dulles, Weems v. United States, and Robinson v. California. Litigation involving cruel and unusual punishment claims is assessed.