Ronald Dworkin

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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 prominent issues in legal and political philosophy. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Arthur Ripstein, Ripstein Arthur
• Con la collaborazione di: Arthur Ripstein (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 28.05.2007
• EAN: 9780521664127
• ISBN: 978-0-521-66412-7
• Pagine: 198
• Serie: Contemporary Philosophy in Focus
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: dall'antichità ai giorni nostri; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Biography: general, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, United States of America, USA, Western philosophy from c 1800, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law