
Ronald Dworkin
Arthur Ripstein(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 28. May 2007
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-0-521-66289-5 (ISBN)
Description
Ronald Dworkin occupies a distinctive place in both public life and philosophy. In public life, he is a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books and other widely read journals. In philosophy, he has written important and influential works on many of the most prominent issues in legal and political philosophy. In both cases, his interventions have in part shaped the debates he joined. His opposition to Robert Bork's nomination for the United States Supreme Court gave new centrality to debates about the public role of judges and the role of original intent in constitutional interpretation. His writings in legal philosophy have reoriented the modern debate about legal positivism and natural law. In political philosophy, he has shaped the ways in which people debate the nature of equality and has reframed debates about the sanctity of life.
Reviews / Votes
"This slim but thought-provoking collection of essays on the legal and political and moral philosophy of Ronald Dworkin...is an admirable addition to the literature on one of the pre-eminent philosophers alive today."-Matthew Kramer, Cambridge University, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews "...effectively explains Dworkin's philosophy and offers so many avenues for engaging with Dworkin's contributions to the several, great philosophical questions with which he has for so long been concerned."
-Joseph R. Reisert, Department of Government, Colby College, Law & Politics Book Review
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
445 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-66289-5 (9780521662895)
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Person
Arthur Ripstein is Professor of Law and Philosophy at the University of Toronto. An associate editor of Philosophy and Public Affairs, he is the author of Equality, Responsibility and the Law and Practical Rationality and Preference.
Content
Introduction: anti-Archimedeanism Arthur Ripstein; 1. The 'Hart-Dworkin' debate: a short guide for the perplexed Scott J. Shapiro; 2. The rule of law as the rule of liberal principle David Dyzenhaus; 3. Liberty and equality Arthur Ripstein; 4. Rights, responsibilities, and reflections upon the sanctity of life James E. Fleming and Benjamin C. Zipursky; 5. Hercules, Abraham Lincoln, the United States Constitution, and the problem of slavery Sanford Levinson.