AuthorDworkin, Ronald M
TitleThe matter of principle / Ronald Dworkin
Imprint Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1985
Descript 425 p ; 24 cm.

CONTENT

The Political basic of law: Political judges and the rule of law -- The Forum of principle -- Principle, policy, procedure -- Civil disobedience and nuclear protest -- Law as interpretation: Is there really no right answer in hard cases? -- How law is like literature -- On Interpretation and objectivity -- Liberalism and justice: Liberalism and justice: Liberalism -- Why liberals should care about equality -- What justice isn't -- Can a liberal state support art? -- The Economic view of law: Is wealth a value? -- Why efficiency? -- Reverse discrimination: Bakke's case: are quotas unfair" -- What did bakke really decide? -- How to read the civil right Act -- Censorship and a free press: Do we have a right to pornography? -- The Farber case: reporters and informers -- Is the press losing the first amendment?


SUBJECT

  1. Political questions and judicial power -- United States
  2. Law -- Philosophy
  3. Jurisprudence
  4. Law and politics

LOCATIONCALL#STATUS
Arts Library : StackKF380 D993M CHECK SHELVES
Law Library (3rd Floor)K/US.710 D85m 1985 CHECK SHELVES