Ronald Dworkin
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| + | '''Ronald Myles Dworkin''', [[British Academy|FBA]] (December 11, 1931 - February 14, 2013) was an [[American philosopher]] and scholar of [[United States constitutional law|constitutional law]]. He was Frank Henry Sommer Professor of Law and Philosophy at [[New York University]] and Emeritus Professor of Jurisprudence at [[University College London]], and had taught previously at [[Yale Law School]] and the [[University of Oxford]]. An influential contributor to both [[jurisprudence|philosophy of law]] and [[political philosophy]], Dworkin received the 2007 [[Holberg International Memorial Prize]] in the Humanities for "his pioneering scholarly work" of "worldwide impact." | ||
| + | == See also == | ||
| + | * [[American philosophy]] | ||
| + | * [[Contributions to liberal theory]] | ||
| + | * [[Egalitarianism]] | ||
| + | * [[Indeterminacy debate in legal theory|Legal indeterminacy]] | ||
| + | * [[Judicial activism]] | ||
| + | * [[Legal formalism]] | ||
| + | * [[Legal positivism]] | ||
| + | * [[List of American philosophers]] | ||
| + | * [[Social equality|Equality]] | ||
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| - | *[[Ronald Dworkin]], 81, American philosopher and legal scholar, leukemia.<ref>{{cite web|author=Associated Press |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/american-philosopher-and-legal-scholar-ronald-dworkin-dies-in-london-at-81/2013/02/14/79ef3b4a-7693-11e2-b102-948929030e64_story.html |title=American philosopher and legal scholar Ronald Dworkin dies in London aged 81 |publisher=The Washington Post |date= |accessdate=2013-02-14}}</ref> | ||
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Ronald Myles Dworkin, FBA (December 11, 1931 - February 14, 2013) was an American philosopher and scholar of constitutional law. He was Frank Henry Sommer Professor of Law and Philosophy at New York University and Emeritus Professor of Jurisprudence at University College London, and had taught previously at Yale Law School and the University of Oxford. An influential contributor to both philosophy of law and political philosophy, Dworkin received the 2007 Holberg International Memorial Prize in the Humanities for "his pioneering scholarly work" of "worldwide impact."
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See also
- American philosophy
- Contributions to liberal theory
- Egalitarianism
- Legal indeterminacy
- Judicial activism
- Legal formalism
- Legal positivism
- List of American philosophers
- Equality
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