Exploring law's empire : the jurisprudence of Ronald Dworkin / ed. by Scott Hershovitz.

Oxford ; New York : Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008

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Dworkin, Ronald.

Jurisprudence.

Law -- Philosophy.

Introduction: The "international" constitutional judge

1. Should constitutional judges be philosophers?

2. The place of history and philosophy in the moral reading

3. How constitutional theory found its soul: the contributions of Ronald Dworkin

4. Coherence, hypothetical cases, and precedent

5. Integrity

6. The many faces of political integrity

7. Did Dworkin ever answer the crits?

8. Associate obligations and the obligation to obey the law

9. Law's aims in law's empire

10. How facts make law

11. Hartian positivism and normative facts: how facts make law II

This is a collection of essays by legal theorists who examine Ronald Dworkin's work in the theory of law and constitutionalism. The book touches on all aspects of Dworkin's theories, and so serves as a companion volume to his main works.

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Oxford scholarship online. Law collection.

9780199546145

vii, 328 p. ; 24 cm