Reconstructing Legal Theory
Document Type
Book Review
Publication Date
Fall 1987
ISSN
1088-4963
Publisher
Wiley
Language
en-US
Abstract
Dworkin's new book provides a comprehensive argument for his important and provocative view, which is more systematically developed than before. Although much in it is anticipated by his previous publications, a great deal is new and many elements have been recast. The innovative nature of Dworkin's work can now be more fully appreciated and appraised. Neither Dworkin's theory of "law as integrity" nor its designated rivals "pragmatism" and "conventionalism" will be found on the standard charts of jurisprudence. In fact, Dworkin seems to reinterpret not only the theoretical alternatives but the enterprise of legal philosophy itself. This article will focus on the more general aspects of Dworkin's position, especially those that concern the fundamental nature of legal theory and of law and their relations to morality.
Recommended Citation
David B. Lyons,
Reconstructing Legal Theory
,
in
16
Philosophy & Public Affairs
379
(1987).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/faculty_scholarship/2336
Comments
Reviewing Ronald Dworkin, Law's Empire (1986).