Exploring Law's Empire: The Jurisprudence of Ronald Dworkin

by Scott Hershovitz (Editor)

Overview

Exploring Law's Empire is a collection of essays examining the work of Ronald Dworkin in the philosophy of law and constitutionalism. A group of leading legal theorists develop, defend and critique the major areas of Dworkin's work, including his criticism of legal positivism, his theory of law as integrity, and his work on constitutional theory.

The volume concludes with a lengthy response to the essays by Dworkin himself, which develops and clarifies many of his positions on the central questions of legal and constitutional theory. The volume represents an ideal companion for students and scholars embarking on a study of Dworkin's work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199274352
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	11/23/2006
Pages:	344
Product dimensions:	9.37(w) x 6.42(h) x 0.92(d)

About the Author

Scott Hershovitz is an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Michigan. He received a D.Phil. in Law from the University of Oxford in 2001, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. He has published in the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies and Legal Theory.

Table of Contents

Stephen Breyer: Introduction: The International Constitutional Judge
1: Christopher L. Eisgruber: Should Constitutional Judges Be Philosophers?
2: James E. Fleming: The Place of History and Philosophy in the Moral Reading of the American Constitution
3: Rebecca L. Brown: How Constitutional Theory Found its Soul: The Contributions of Ronald Dworkin
4: S. L. Hurley: Coherence, Hypothetical Cases, and Precedent
5: Scott Hershovitz: Integrity and Stare Decisis
6: Dale Smith: The Many Faces of Political Integrity
7: Jeremy Waldron: Did Dworkin Ever Answer the Crits?
8: Stephen Perry: Associative Obligations and the Obligation to Obey the Law
9: John Gardner: Law's Aims in Law's Empire
10: Mark Greenberg: How Facts Make Law
11: Mark Greenberg: Hartian Positivism and Normative Facts: How Facts Make Law II
Ronald Dworkin: Response

Editorial Reviews

"Exploring Law's Empire makes good reading"
--Times Literary Supplement

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