Ronald Dworkin
Stephen Guest(Author)
Edinburgh University Press
Published on 12. March 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-7486-0360-2 (ISBN)
Description
An overall account of the legal and political philosophy of an increasingly influential lawyer and philosopher in both the US and the UK - Ronald Dworkin. Dworkin's works are now standard reading for courses on jurisprudence and political theory and all practical lawyers will have struggled with his highly complex ideas at some point; yet no in depth analysis of his theories has been made to date. In this book Stephen Guest attempts to explain and illustrate Dworkin's legal philosophy as clearly and as coherently as possible. In a short introduction he gives a brief biography of Dworkin and describes the intellectual context within which his theories have emerged. He shows how Dworkin's ideas encompass nothing less than a complete theory of legal and political reasoning, relevant to both the US and UK legal systems, and emphasizes Dworkin's increasing importance to the practical lawyer.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
374 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7486-0360-2 (9780748603602)
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