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  2. Law as integrity - Wikipedia

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    In philosophy of law, law as integrity is a theory of law put forward by Ronald Dworkin. In general, it can be described as interpreting the law according to a community . [ 1 ]

  3. Ronald Dworkin - Wikipedia

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    Ronald Dworkin was born in 1931 in Providence, Rhode Island, the son of Madeline (Talamo) and David Dworkin. [8] His family is Jewish.He graduated from Harvard University in 1953 with an A.B., summa cum laude, where he majored in philosophy and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year.

  4. Law's Empire - Wikipedia

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    Law's Empire is a 1986 text in legal philosophy by Ronald Dworkin, in which the author continues his criticism of the philosophy of legal positivism as promoted by H.L.A. Hart during the middle to late 20th century.

  5. Taking Rights Seriously - Wikipedia

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    Taking Rights Seriously is a 1977 book about the philosophy of law by the philosopher Ronald Dworkin.In the book, Dworkin argues against the dominant philosophy of Anglo-American legal positivism as presented by H. L. A. Hart in The Concept of Law (1961) and utilitarianism by proposing that rights of the individual against the state exist outside of the written law and function as "trumps ...

  6. Hart–Dworkin debate - Wikipedia

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    The Hart–Dworkin debate is a debate in legal philosophy between H. L. A. Hart and Ronald Dworkin. At the heart of the debate lies a Dworkinian critique of Hartian legal positivism, specifically, the theory presented in Hart's book The Concept of Law. While Hart insists that judges are within bounds to legislate on the basis of rules of law ...

  7. American philosophy - Wikipedia

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    Dworkin is famous for his theory of law as integrity and legal interpretivism, especially as presented in his book Law's Empire. [ 123 ] [ 124 ] Philosopher Cornel West is known for his analysis of American cultural life with regards to race , gender , and class issues, as well as his associations with pragmatism and transcendentalism .

  8. Super Bowl: NFL referee union responds to 'insulting and ...

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    Referee Ron Torbert's officiating crew will be under the brightest spotlight yet on Sunday when the Chiefs play in their fifth Super Bowl in the last six seasons. And if there's a close call that ...

  9. Conventionalism - Wikipedia

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    Dworkin himself favored law as integrity as the best justification of state coercion. One famous criticism of Dworkin's idea comes from Stanley Fish who argues that Dworkin, like the Critical Legal Studies movement, Marxists and adherents of feminist jurisprudence, was guilty of a false 'Theory Hope'. Fish claims that such mistake stems from ...