Taking Rights Seriously by Ronald 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 such cases, or is there some higher law in which they discover the correct answer? Must everyone always obey the law? If not, when is a citizen morally free to disobey?
The most important work in jurisprudence since HL. A. Hart’s The Concept of Law and, from a philosophical point of view at least, the most sophisticated contribution to that subject yet made by an American writer… Dworkin’s essays are brilliantly written… [T]he book is remarkable in its unity and technical assurance. * New York Review of Books *
It is a rare treat—important, original philosophy that is also a pleasure to read. Dworkin argues vigorously, imaginatively and elegantly. * Yale Law Review *
In a series of beautifully written, mutually supportive essays, Dworkin applies the theory of rights, or his own version of the theory, to the case of judicial decision-making. * The New Republic *
The most significant book on philosophy of law in this decade and surely one of the more interesting ones of the century. * Ethics *
Dworkin’s writing launches a frontal attack on the two concepts, utilitarianism and legal positivism, that have dominated Anglo-American jurisprudence in the 20th century… Dworkin’s theories have created shock waves among jurisprudential scholars. * Time *
It is a rare treat—important, original philosophy that is also a pleasure to read. Dworkin argues vigorously, imaginatively and elegantly. * Yale Law Review *
In a series of beautifully written, mutually supportive essays, Dworkin applies the theory of rights, or his own version of the theory, to the case of judicial decision-making. * The New Republic *
The most significant book on philosophy of law in this decade and surely one of the more interesting ones of the century. * Ethics *
Dworkin’s writing launches a frontal attack on the two concepts, utilitarianism and legal positivism, that have dominated Anglo-American jurisprudence in the 20th century… Dworkin’s theories have created shock waves among jurisprudential scholars. * Time *
Ronald Dworkin was Frank Henry Sommer Professor of Law and Philosophy at New York University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780674867116 |
| ISBN 10 | 0674867114 |
| Title | Taking Rights Seriously |
| Author | Ronald Dworkin |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
| Year published | 1978-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 392 |
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