Description
| Product ID: | 9781780937564 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Bloomsbury Revelations |
| Title: | Taking Rights Seriously |
| Authors: | Author: Professor Ronald Dworkin |
| Page Count: | 456 |
| Subjects: | Social and political philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, Jurisprudence & philosophy of law |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A landmark work of political and legal philosophy, Ronald Dworkin's Taking Rights Seriously was acclaimed as a major work on its first publication in 1977 and remains profoundly influential in the 21st century. A forceful statement of liberal principles - championing the legal, moral and political rights of the individual against the state - Dworkin demolishes prevailing utilitarian and legal-positivist approaches to jurisprudence. Developing his own theory of adjudication, he applies this to controversial public issues, from civil disobedience to positive discrimination. Elegantly written and cuttingly insightful, Taking Rights Seriously is one of the most important works of public thought of the last fifty years. A landmark work of political and legal philosophy, Ronald Dworkin''s Taking Rights Seriously was acclaimed as a major work on its first publication in 1977 and remains profoundly influential in the 21st century. A forceful statement of liberal principles - championing the legal, moral and political rights of the individual against the state - Dworkin demolishes prevailing utilitarian and legal-positivist approaches to jurisprudence. Developing his own theory of adjudication, he applies this to controversial public issues, from civil disobedience to positive discrimination. Elegantly written and cuttingly insightful, Taking Rights Seriously is one of the most important works of public thought of the last fifty years. |
| Imprint Name: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2013-04-25 |
