Overview
- Provides a comprehensive and accessible reintroduction to Ronald Dworkin’s work
- Considers the relevance of Dworkin’s thought to our current post-Trump era of US politics
- Reevaluates Dworkin’s work for the contemporary moment
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism (PASTCL)
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About this book
This book covers how Liberal institutions – constitutional democracy, economic markets, liberal courts, free trade, international human rights – around the world are under assault by the political right and we are witnessing the emergence of post-liberal institutions. These post-liberal institutions are founded on the core conviction that the actions of liberal institutions including the United States Supreme Court are patently unjust. This volume makes the case against post-liberal courts and justice by reconnecting to the principles of moral equality and dignified freedom for all. The intention is to show how there is great untapped potential in the work of Ronald Dworkin’s work to demonstrate that it can help progressive liberals think through the great issues of the day and respond to the contemporary criticisms of the political right. The core themes are concretely illustrated by focusing on some of the most controversial recent post-liberal decisions of the Supreme Court, ranging from election funding to abortion to race-sensitive affirmative action, to economic inequality in an age of increasingly unequal opportunities.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Lesley A. Jacobs is Professor & Vice-President of Research & Innovation at Ontario Tech University and Professor at York University, Canada.
Matthew McManus is Lecturer in Political Science, University of Michigan, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Against Post-Liberal Courts and Justice
Book Subtitle: Rescuing Ronald Dworkin’s Legacy
Authors: Lesley A. Jacobs, Matthew McManus
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45347-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-45346-5Published: 28 December 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-45347-2Published: 27 December 2023
Series ISSN: 2662-6470
Series E-ISSN: 2662-6489
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 136
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Political Theory, Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law