Ronald Dworkin

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human jurist legal philosopher political philosopher university professor

Ronald Dworkin was a prominent American legal and political philosopher known for his theory of law as integrity and his influential work on rights, equality, and constitutional interpretation.

Aliases (2)

Dworkin ×1
Ronald Myles Dworkin ×1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human → jurist → legal philosopher → political philosopher → university professor →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts → Bachelor of Civil Law → Bachelor of Laws →
awardReceived	Holberg International Memorial Prize →
causeOfDeath	leukemia →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1931-12-11 →
dateOfDeath	2013-02-14 →
educatedAt	Harvard College → Harvard Law School → Magdalen College, Oxford →
employer	New York University School of Law → University of Oxford → Yale Law School →
familyName	Dworkin →
fieldOfWork	constitutional theory → jurisprudence → legal philosophy → moral philosophy → political philosophy →
fullName	Ronald Myles Dworkin →
givenName	Ronald →
influenced	constitutional jurisprudence → contemporary legal theory →
influencedBy	H. L. A. Hart → John Rawls →
knownFor	theory of law as integrity → work on constitutional interpretation → work on equality → work on rights →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → British Academy →
notableIdea	equality of resources → interpretivism in law → law as integrity → moral reading of the constitution → rights as trumps →
notableWork	A Matter of Principle → Freedom's Law → Justice for Hedgehogs → Law's Empire → Life's Dominion → Sovereign Virtue → Taking Rights Seriously →
placeOfBirth	Worcester, Massachusetts, United States →
placeOfDeath	London, England, United Kingdom →
positionHeld	Bentham Professor of Jurisprudence → Frank Henry Sommer Professor of Law → Professor of Law → Professor of Philosophy → Quain Professor of Jurisprudence →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ronald Dworkin ("Dworkin") →	familyName
Ronald Dworkin ("Ronald Myles Dworkin") →	fullName
University of Pennsylvania Law School →	hasNotableAlumni
John Rawls →	influenced