Matter of Principle

By Ronald Dworkin

Book Overview

This is a book about fundamental theoretical issues of political philosophy and jurisprudence: about what liberalism is and why we still need it; whether we should be skeptical about law and morality; how collective prosperity should be defined; what interpretation is and how far law is a matter of interpretation rather than invention. It is also a practical book about urgent political issues. It is above all, a book about the interplay between these two levels of our political consciousness: practical problems and philosophical theory, matters of urgency and matters of principle.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674554604
• ISBN13: 9780674554603
• Release Date: January 1970
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"