Against Post-Liberal Courts and Justice - Rescuing Ronald Dworkin's Legacy

This book covers how Liberal institutions - constitutional democracy, economic markets, liberal courts, free trade, international human rights - around the world are under assault by the political right and we are witnessing the emergence of post-liberal institutions. These post-liberal institutions are founded on the core conviction that the actions of liberal institutions including the United States Supreme Court are patently unjust. This volume makes the case against post-liberal courts and justice by reconnecting to the principles of moral equality and dignified freedom for all. The intention is to show how there is great untapped potential in the work of Ronald Dworkin's work to demonstrate that it can help progressive liberals think through the great issues of the day and respond to the contemporary criticisms of the political right. The core themes are concretely illustrated by focusing on some of the most controversial recent post-liberal decisions of the Supreme Court, ranging from election funding to abortion to race-sensitive affirmative action, to economic inequality in an age of increasingly unequal opportunities.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Reintroducing Ronald Dworkin's Life and Philosophy.- Chapter 2: Dworkin on Constitutional Democracy.- Chapter 3: Assessing the Legacy of Racism and Identity Politics.- Chapter 4: Birth, Love, Life and Their Value- Chapter 5: Dworkin on Distributional Equality.- Chapter 6: Reading Dworkin Against Post-Liberalism.

Product details

• Authors: Lesley A Jacobs, Lesley A. Jacobs, Matthew McManus
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2024
• EAN: 9783031453465
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3145346-5
• No. of pages: 136
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 12 mm x 210 mm
• Illustrations: X, 136 p. 1 illus.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas