The Enigma of Law Exploring Dworkin's Principle of Integrity

Justice for Hedgehogs: A Conference on Ronald Dworkin's Forthcoming Book held at Boston University School of Law on September 25-26, 2009. “Law as integrity” is Dworkin's own alternative substantive theory of the rule of law. Dworkin argues that every political community owes equal concern to each ... Ronald Dworkin was a professor of law at New York University and University Professor of Jurisprudence at Oxford University. He was a widely respected ... Ronald Dworkin gives a talk on the notion of political equality and some of the difficulties that arise with it (and thus with democracy ... Ronald Dworkin gives a talk in 1995 on abortion, healthcare, euthanasia, and genetic engineering. The talk was given in Ohio at the Case ... Dworkin's progressive, liberal and inspiring approach to the law offers a constructive and systematic alternative to originalism and common good ... This essay focuses on Ronald Dworkin's attack on legal positivism by means of his theory of law as based on principles. Although this is an eminently theoreti-. By Ronald Dworkin, Published on 03/01/73. Perhaps the English-speaking world's most influential contemporary philosopher of law, Ronald Dworkin will be remembered for upholding ... Dworkin substitutes legal principles for natural laws. These principles are not independent moral truths, but moral standards that can be constructed rationally ...