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Review: Taking Rights Seriously

User Review - Bisser Dyankov - Goodreads

A wonderful book for people living in societies with little-to-none experience in personal rights, importance of law and relation between the state and the citizen. Read full review

Review: Taking Rights Seriously

User Review - Tyler - Goodreads

Do human rights exist before laws are made, or do laws create them? Are law and morality even commensurable? Dworkin argues that they are. In a twist on the usual approach, he starts with law and ... Read full review

Review: Taking Rights Seriously

User Review - Adam - Goodreads

it turns out that Philosophy of Law is really difficult. Dworkin's a big name for the right reasons, but I don't buy this by the end. Rights are just real fuzzy-type things, if they are even really ... Read full review

Review: Taking Rights Seriously

User Review - Sergei Moska - Goodreads

This book is surprisingly clear in its exposition. The ideas are interesting, the attack against (Hart's) legal positivism is clear, and Dworkin's own positive position shines through at the end ... Read full review

Review: Taking Rights Seriously

User Review - Jan - Goodreads

Response to positivism. Unlike Hart, Dworkin is not very clear and not always logical, but his point of view has definite merit. Some of what he is saying makes a lot of sense, but it more applicable ... Read full review