Books written by Ronald Dworkin

Freedom's Law: The Moral Reading of the American Constitution

Adler declares that Time was not guilty of serious irresponsibility in preparing and publishing its story : With the arguably minor exception of Halevy ( in misrepresenting the number , the reliability and the nature of his " sources ...
Taking Rights Seriously

We might tell two very different stories about these cases. The first is the story of policy. In the early nineteenth century, judges seized on the opportunity presented by private litigation to develop rules for the distribution of ...
Justice for Hedgehogs

See Georg Henrik von Wright, Explanation and Understanding (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, ... Saul Kripke, Naming and Necessity (Oxford: Blackwell,. 1. For an argument that we should not so agree, see Timothy Williamson, ...
Life's Dominion: An Argument About Abortion, Euthanasia, and Individual Freedom

Wade and remains a staunch liberal, and Nixon's choice for chief justice when Earl Warren retired, Warren Burger, joined in the Roe opinion and, though he was more conservative than Earl Warren, voted to protect and even extend many of ...
Justice pour les hérissons: La vérité des valeurs

SHAFER-LANDAU (éd.), Oxford Studies in Metaethics, vol. II, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2007. JOHNSTON Mark, « The Authority of Affect », Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 63, no 1, juillet 2001, pp. 181-214.
Justicia para erizos

Agradezco a John Goldberg y Kenneth W. Simons por haberme llamado la atención sobre este punto. ... cree Scanlon, pero no para la cuestión deliberativa de la permisibilidad, a menos que la diferencia afecte la cantidad de no ...
Democracia deliberativa y derechos humanos

Los autores de este volumen son, además de los compiladores: Alberto Calsamiglia, Ronald Dworkin, Martin Farrell, Owen Fiss, Ernesto Garzón Valdés, Amy Gutmann, Stephen Holmes, Paul W. Kahn, Jaime Malamud Goti, Thomas Nagel, Carlos F. ...
Taking Rights Seriously

It could not , therefore , support the role of a Rawlsian contract in a duty - based deep theory . It is true that if a contract were a feature. 1 H. Sidgwick , The Methods of Ethics 489 ff . ( 7th ed . 1907 ) . 2 Chapter 19 .
Freedom's Law: The Moral Reading of the American Constitution

The various chapters of this book were first published separately; now drawn together they provide the reader with a rich, full-length treatment of Dworkin's general theory of law.
Life's Dominion: An Argument About Abortion, Euthanasia, and Individual Freedom

At the heart of Life's Dominion is Dworkin's inquest into why abortion and euthanasia provoke such controversy. Do these acts violate some fundamental "right to life"?
Justice for Hedgehogs

In Dworkin’s master work, the central thesis is that all areas of value depend on one another. This is one, big thing that the hedgehog knows, in contrast to the fox, who knows many little things.
Law's Empire

A renowned legal scholar presents a theory of law based on Anglo-American legal principles and practices, juridical interpretations, legal precedence, and a forcefully argued concept of political and legal integrity 'Ronald Dworkin is ...
Freedom's Law

Discusses various constitutional issues of the last two decades, including pornography, euthanasia, free speech, abortion, and affirmative action
Taking Rights Seriously

Elegantly written and cuttingly insightful, Taking Rights Seriously is one of the most important works of public thought of the last fifty years.
The Supreme Court Phalanx: The Court's New Right-wing Bloc

Discusses the conservative shift in the Supreme court after the appointment of John Roberts and Samuel Alito in 2005 and the effect this shift may have on constitutional law, including abortion, affirmative action, and executive power.
A Matter of Principle

Essays examine the political basis of law, legal interpretation, economic factors in law, reverse discrimination, and censorship This is a book about fundamental theoretical issues of political philosophy and jurisprudence: about what ...
Sovereign Virtue: The Theory and Practice of Equality

1. Equality of welfare
Is Democracy Possible Here?: Principles for a New Political Debate

The result, Ronald Dworkin writes, is a deeply depressing political culture, as ill equipped for the perennial challenge of achieving social justice as for the emerging threats of terrorism. Can the hope for change be realized?
Religion without God

In his last book, Ronald Dworkin addresses timeless questions: What is religion and what is God's place in it?
Religion without God

In his last book, Ronald Dworkin addresses timeless questions: What is religion and what is God's place in it?