The Uncertain Relation Between Coherence and Renown: Ronald Dworkin Reconsidered

Abstract

The article presents a critical reassessment of the legal philosophical writings of Ronald Dworkin. Relying in part upon the author’s previous argument that law is – contra the recent near-consensus – best understood as “the command of the sovereign, backed by force,” the author identifies fundamental difficulties, and ultimately incoherency, in Dworkin’s work.

Categories

Keywords

Reprint years

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 91,164

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

  • Only published works are available at libraries.

My notes

Similar books and articles

La importancia de la discusión metodológica entre Dworkin y el positivismo.Facundo García Valverde - 2007 - Revista Latinoamericana de Filosofia 33 (1):25-53.
Equality & the Rule of Law: R. M. Dworkin & Liberalism.Sheldon Sherwood Wein - 1982 - Dissertation, University of Waterloo (Canada)
The "Hart-Dworkin" debate : a short guide for the perplexed.Scott J. Shapiro - 2007 - In Arthur Ripstein (ed.), Ronald Dworkin. Cambridge University Press. pp. 22--49.
Between natural law and legal positivism: Dworkin and Hegel on legal theory.Thom Brooks - 2007 - Georgia State University Law Review 23 (3):513-60.
Dworkin on the Semantics of Legal and Political Concepts.Dennis M. Patterson - 2006 - Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 26 (3):545-557.
Legal Realism, Legal Interpretivism, Holmes and Nietzsche.John Koselke - unknown
Interpretivism in jurisprudence: What difference does the philosophy of history make to the philosophy of law?Naomi Choi - 2007 - Journal of the Philosophy of History 1 (3):365-393.
Law and Legal Obligation: A Study in the Legal Theories of H. L. A. Hart, Joseph Raz, and Ronald Dworkin.John David Eatman - 1981 - Dissertation, Tulane University
An Evaluation of Ronald Dworkin's Hermeneutical Theory of Law.Paolo Giuseppe Annino - 1997 - Dissertation, Fordham University
The Legitimate Sources of Legal Norms: A Wittgensteinian Investigation of the Legal Theory of H. L. A. Hart and Ronald Dworkin.Sybil Ellen Schlesinger - 1997 - Dissertation, Boston University
Exploring law's empire: the jurisprudence of Ronald Dworkin.Scott Hershovitz (ed.) - 2006 - New York: Oxford University Press.
Dworkin's 'Best Light' Requirement and the Proper Methodology of Legal Theory.Ofer Raban - 2003 - Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 23 (2):243-264.
How constitutional theory found its soul : The contributions of Ronald Dworkin.Rebecca L. Brown - 2006 - In Scott Hershovitz (ed.), Exploring Law's Empire: The Jurisprudence of Ronald Dworkin. Oxford University Press.
Hart, Dworkin, és a jogelmélet posztmetafizikai fordulata.Mâatyâas Bâodig - 2000 - Budapest: Osiris.
Conventie en rechtsintrige: een visie op de rechtstheorie van Ronald Dworkin.Gijs van Oenen - 1994 - Zwolle: W.E.J. Tjeenk Willink.

Analytics

Added to PP
2015-07-25

Downloads
19 (#750,145)

6 months
2 (#1,136,865)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author's Profile

Andrew Morrison
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Citations of this work

No citations found.

Add more citations

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references