Mexican Law

Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-0-19-826557-3
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 436 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 658 g

Written by the world's best-known political and legal theorist, Freedom's Law: The Moral Reading of the American Constitution is a collection of essays that discuss almost all of the great constitutional issues of the last two decades, including abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, homosexuality, pornography, and free speech.

Professor Dworkin offers a consistently liberal view of the Constitution and argues that fidelity to it and to law demands that judges make moral judgments. He proposes that we all interpret the abstract language of the Constitution by reference to moral principles about political decency and justice. His `moral reading therefore brings political morality into the heart of constitutional law.

The various chapters of this book were originally published separately and are now drawn together to provide the reader with a rich, full-length treatment of Dworkin's general theory of law.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dworkin, Ronald (Professor of Jurisprude

Dworkin, Ronald

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Staats- und Regierungsformen, Staatslehre
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction: The Moral Reading and the Majoritarian Premise

- Part I: Life, Death and Race

- 1: Roe in Danger

- 2: Verdict Postponed

- 3: What the Constitution Says

- 4: Roe was Saved

- 5: Do We Have a Right to Die?

- 6: Gag Rule and Affirmative Action

- Part II: Speech, Conscience, Sex and Votes

- 7: The Press on Trial

- 8: Why Must Speech be Free?

- 9: Pornography and Hate

- 10: MacKinnon's Words

- 11: Why Academic Freedom?

- Part III: Judges

- 12: Bork: The Senate's Responsibility

- 13: What Bork's Defeat Meant

- 14: Bork's Own Postmortem

- 15: The Thomas Nomination

- 16: Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas

- 17: Learned Hand

- Notes

- Sources

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ronald Dworkin divides his time between Oxford and New York. He lives in London from January to June and in New York from October to December each year. He has held visiting appointments at Harvard and Yale Universities and has taught in all leading universities in the US as a visiting professor. His books have been translated into eleven languages.