Freedom's Law

The Moral Reading of the American Constitution

Ronald Dworkin

    Introduction: The Moral Reading and the Majoritarian Premise

    PART 1: LIFE, DEATH, AND RACE

    1. Roe in Danger

    2. Verdict Postponed

    3. What the Constitution Says

    4. Roe Was Saved

    5. Do We Have a Right to Die?

    6. Gag Rule and Affirmative Action

    PART 2: SPEECH, CONSCIENCE, AND SEX

    7. The Press on Trial

    8. Why Must Speech Be Free?

    9. Pornography and Hate

    10. MacKinnon's Words

    11. Why Academic Freedom?

    PART 3: JUDGES

    12. Bork: The Senate's Responsibility

    13. What Bork's Defeat Meant

    14. Bork's Own Postmortem

    15. The Thomas Nomination

    16. Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas

    17. Learned Hand

    Notes

    Sources

    Index

  • Cover: Freedom's Law
  • A photo of the author

Ronald Dworkin is Sommer Professor of Law and Philosophy at New York University and Jeremy Bentham Professor of Jurisprudence at University College London. He is the 2007 recipient of the Holberg International Memorial Prize.