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Citations
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World Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Law in United States Leader Award
  • 2012 - International Balzan Prize
  • 1970 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Ronald Dworkin was affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research primarily focused on the social sciences, with a particular emphasis on political science and international relations as subfields of study.

The main topics covered in their work included comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies. This area of expertise was reflected in the content and themes of their publications.

Among their recent publications was the article titled Rawls y el derecho, published in 2022 in the Revista de Derecho Uninorte. This work represents a contribution to legal and political theory within the context of their broader research interests.

Ronald Dworkin collaborated with a number of frequent co-authors throughout their career. These included:

  • Robert Badinter
  • Stephen Breyer
  • A. Cassese
  • Dieter Grimm
  • Carlos Gil

Their publications were also concentrated in specific academic venues, with the Revista de Derecho Uninorte being a notable outlet where they disseminated their research.

Their contributions were recognized through honors such as the International Balzan Prize awarded in 2012 and being named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1970.

Best Publications

  • Taking Rights Seriously

    Ronald M. Dworkin

  • What is Equality? Part 2: Equality of Resources

    Ronald Dworkin

  • Law's Empire

    Unknown

  • Sovereign Virtue: The Theory and Practice of Equality

    Ronald Dworkin

  • A matter of principle

    Ronald Dworkin

  • Taking Rights Seriously

    Unknown

  • What is Equality? Part 1: Equality of Welfare

    Ronald Dworkin

  • Justice for Hedgehogs

    Ronald Dworkin

  • Objectivity and Truth: You'd Better Believe It

    Ronald Dworkin

  • Life's Dominion

    Melissa Lane;Ronald Dworkin

  • Justice in Robes

    Ronald Dworkin

  • Los derechos en serio

    Ronald Dworkin

  • Equality, Luck and Hierarchy

    Ronald Dworkin

  • Is Democracy Possible Here?: Principles for a New Political Debate

    Ronald Dworkin

  • LIBERALISM

    Unknown

  • Assisted Suicide: The Philosophers' Brief

    Ronald Dworkin;Thomas Nagel;Robert Nozick;John Rawls

  • Assisted suicide: the philosophers' brief.

    Ronald Dworkin;Thomas Nagel;Robert Nozick;John Rawls

  • Life's dominion : an argument about abortion and euthanasia

    Ronald Dworkin

  • Is Wealth a Value

    Ronald M. Dworkin

  • A New Philosophy for International Law

    Ronald Dworkin

  • Is Democracy Possible Here

    Ronald Dworkin

  • Hart's Postscript and the Character of Political Philosophy

    Ronald Dworkin

  • IS THERE A RIGHT TO PORNOGRAPHY

    Ronald Dworkin

  • Religion without God

    Ronald Dworkin

  • Taking Rights Seriously

    J. G. Merrills;Ronald Dworkin

  • Comment on Narveson: in Defense of Equality

    Ronald Dworkin

  • Thirty Years On

    Ronald Dworkin

  • Constitutionalism and Democracy

    Ronald Dworkin

  • Uses and abuses

    Ronald Dworkin

  • Equality, Democracy, and Constitution: We the People in Court

    Ronald Dworkin

  • A bill of rights for Britain

    R. M. Dworkin

  • The Right to Ridicule

    Ronald Dworkin

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Nagel
Thomas Nagel New York University
Jeremy Waldron
Jeremy Waldron New York University
Richard A. Posner
Richard A. Posner University of Chicago
Brian Leiter
Brian Leiter University of Chicago
Frederick Schauer
Frederick Schauer University of Virginia
Jules L. Coleman
Jules L. Coleman New York University

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