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Freedom's Law

The Moral Reading of the American Constitution

Ronald Dworkin

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Publication Date: 04/25/1997

416 pages

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Ronald Dworkin was Frank Henry Sommer Professor of Law and Philosophy at New York University. He was the 2007 winner of the Ludvig Holberg International Memorial Prize for his “pioneering scholarly work” of “worldwide impact.”

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A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 1996

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