Justice in Robes

319 Pages·2006·1.152 MB·English

by  Ronald Dworkin

JUSTICE IN ROBES

R O N A L D D WO R K I N
J U S T I C E
I N R O B E S
THE BELKNAP PRESS OF
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Cambridge,Massachusetts
London,England
Copyright©2006byRonaldDworkin
Allrightsreserved
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FirstHarvardUniversityPresspaperbackedition,2008.
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Dworkin,R.M.
Justiceinrobes/RonaldDworkin.
p. cm.
Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.
ISBN978-0-674-02167-9(cloth:alk.paper)
ISBN978-0-674-02727-5(pbk.)
1.Judicialprocess—Philosophy. 2.Law—Interpretationandconstruction.
3.Lawandethics. 4.Justice. 5.Jurisprudence. I.Title.
K290.D892006
340′.112—dc22 2005056114
DesignedbyGwenNefskyFrankfeldt
For Irene Brendel

Contents
Introduction:
LawandMorals 1
1 PragmatismandLaw 36
2 InPraiseofTheory 49
3 Darwin’sNewBulldog 75
4 MoralPluralism 105
5 OriginalismandFidelity 117
6 Hart’sPostscriptandthe
PointofPoliticalPhilosophy 140
7 ThirtyYearsOn 187
8 TheConceptsofLaw 223
9 RawlsandtheLaw 241
Notes 263
Sources 297
Index 299

JUSTICE IN ROBES