Taking rights seriously / Ronald Dworkin.
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TextSeries: Bloomsbury revelationsPublisher: London : Bloomsbury, 2013Edition: New editionDescription: 444 pages ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781780937564 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Law -- Philosophy | Jurisprudence | Political rights | Legal positivism | Law -- United States | Advice and Rights | Advice and RightsDDC classification: 340.1 Summary: 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.
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This edition originally published: 1997.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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