Ronald Myles Dworkin was an American legal philosopher, jurist and scholar of United States constitutional law, born in 1931 and died in 2013. At the time of his death he was Frank Henry Sommer Professor of Law and Philosophy at New York University and Professor of Jurisprudence at University College London, having previously taught at Yale Law School and at Oxford, where he held the Professorship of Jurisprudence as successor to the philosopher H.L.A. Hart. An influential contributor to both the 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, and a survey in The Journal of Legal Studies found him the second most cited American legal scholar of the twentieth century. His theory of law as integrity, presented in his book Law's Empire, holds that judges interpret the law in terms of consistent moral principles, especially justice and fairness, and is among the most influential contemporary theories about the nature of law; Dworkin also advocated a moral reading of the United States Constitution and an interpretivist approach to law and morality.
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Defining MomentHis critique of H. L. A. Hart's legal positivism, expressed most fully in Law's Empire, made him positivism's most significant critic. 1 Notable Publication Office HeldProfessor of Jurisprudence, University of Oxford (1969) 1 BirthplaceWorcester, Massachusetts 1 TraditionAnglo-American legal philosophy (jurisprudence) 1 In the Other Atlases
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Ronald Myles Dworkin (; December 11, 1931, February 14, 2013) was an American legal philosopher, jurist, and scholar of United States constitutional law.
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Ronald Myles Dworkin (; December 11, 1931, February 14, 2013) was an American legal philosopher, jurist, and scholar of United States constitutional law.
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Ronald Myles Dworkin (; December 11, 1931, February 14, 2013) was an American legal philosopher, jurist, and scholar of United States constitutional law.
Early life and education section, opening sentence
Ronald Dworkin was born in 1931 in Worcester, Massachusetts, the son of Madeline Taber and David Dworkin.
Personal life and death section, closing sentence
Dworkin died of leukemia in London on February 14, 2013, at the age of 81, survived by his second wife, two children, and two grandchildren.
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An influential contributor to both philosophy of law and political philosophy, Dworkin received the 2007 Holberg International Memorial Prize
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His theory of law as integrity as presented in his book Law's Empire, in which judges interpret the law in terms of consistent moral principles, especially justice and fairness, is among the most influential contemporary theories about the nature of law.
Career section, Oxford appointment sentence
In 1969, he was appointed to the Chair of Jurisprudence at Oxford, a position in which he succeeded H. L. A. Hart
Jurisprudence and philosophy section, Law's Empire sentence
Dworkin's opinion of Hart's legal positivism was expressed in its fullest form in the book Law's Empire.
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Ronald Myles Dworkin (; December 11, 1931, February 14, 2013) was an American legal philosopher, jurist, and scholar of United States constitutional law.
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