Ronald Dworkin
- Jurist
- Ronald Dworkin
- School
- Interpretivism (Law as Integrity)
- Theory
- Law as Integrity; Rights Thesis — judges decide hard cases by reference to principles, not just rules; the ideal "Judge Hercules"; sharp critique of Hartian positivism.
- Quote
Law is an interpretive concept.
- Books
Taking Rights Seriously (1977), Law's Empire (1986), A Matter of Principle (1985), Justice for Hedgehogs (2011)
- Propounded
Law as Integrity; Rights Thesis; the ideal Judge Hercules; interpretive jurisprudence; critique of Hartian positivism
- Born
- 1931
- Died
- 2013
- Portrait
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