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Informationen zum Autor Ronald Dworkin divides his time between Oxford and New York. He lives in London from January to June and in New York from October to December each year. He has held visiting appointments at Harvard and Yale Universities and has taught in all leading universities in the US as a visiting professor. His books have been translated into eleven languages. Klappentext Dworkin's important book is a collection of essays! which discuss almost all of the great constitutional issues of the last two decades including abortion! pornography! and free speech. Dworkin offers a consistently liberal view of the Constitution and argues that fidelity to it and to law demands that Judges make moral judgments. He proposes that we all interpret the language of the Constitution by reference to moral principles about political decency andjustice. His `moral reading therefore brings political morality into the heart of constitutional law. The various chapters of this book were first published separately; now drawn together they provide the reader with a rich! full-length treatment of Dworkins general theory of law. Zusammenfassung A collection of essays discussing almost all of the great constitutional issues from the 1970s-1990s, including abortion, euthanasia and capital punishment. Professor Dworkin offers a liberal view of the Constitution, arguing that fidelity to it and to law demands that judges make moral judgements. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The Moral Reading and the Majoritarian Premise Part I: Life, Death and Race 1: Roe in Danger 2: Verdict Postponed 3: What the Constitution Says 4: Roe was Saved 5: Do We Have a Right to Die? 6: Gag Rule and Affirmative Action Part II: Speech, Conscience, Sex and Votes 7: The Press on Trial 8: Why Must Speech be Free? 9: Pornography and Hate 10: MacKinnon's Words 11: Why Academic Freedom? Part III: Judges 12: Bork: The Senate's Responsibility 13: What Bork's Defeat Meant 14: Bork's Own Postmortem 15: The Thomas Nomination 16: Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas 17: Learned Hand Notes Sources Index ...
