Dworkin's unbounded legalism

From: Ideas on Liberty | Date: November 1, 2002| Author: Barry, Norman | Copyright information

For a number of reasons, libertarians should be interested in the legal philosophy of Ronald Dworkin.1 Of course, he is a leftist who seeks to implement the American "liberal" agenda through judicial activity. But it is not often realized that the legal doctrine that underlies this is not much different from classical liberalism. He believes in rights as the pre-eminent doctrine that should constrain all political action.

These are individual rights, not group rights (though he is not...

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