Taking Rights Seriously

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  Taking Rights Seriously

  By Ronald Dworkin

  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 ...

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  Taking Rights Seriously

  By Ronald Dworkin

  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 .

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  Taking Rights Seriously

  By Ronald Dworkin

  Elegantly written and cuttingly insightful, Taking Rights Seriously is one of the most important works of public thought of the last fifty years.

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  Taking Rights Seriously

  By Ronald Dworkin, Ronald D Dworkin

  What is law? What is it for? How should judges decide novel cases when the statutes and earlier decisions provide no clear answer? Do judges make up new law in...

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  Taking Rights Seriously

  By Ronald Dworkin

  Elegantly written and cuttingly insightful, Taking Rights Seriously is one of the most important works of public thought of the last fifty years.

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  Taking Rights Seriously: With a New Appendix, a Response to Critics

  By Ronald Dworkin

  What is law?

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  Taking Rights Seriously

  By Ronald Dworkin

  If not, when is a citizen morally free to disobey? 'It is a rare treat--important, original philosophy that is also a pleasure to read. Dworkin argues vigorously, imaginatively, and elegantly.' -- 'The Yale Law Review'