"The Constitution is America's moral sail, and we must hold to the courage of the conviction that fills it, a conviction that we can all be equal citizens of a moral republic. That is a noble faith, and only optimism can redeem it." So writes Ronald Dworkin in the introduction to this characteristically robust and provocative new book in which Dworkin argues the fidelity to t...(展开全部)

Ronald Dworkin argues that Americans have been systematically misled about what their Constitution is, and how judges decide what it means. The Constitution, he observes, grants individual rights in extremely abstract terms. The First Amendment prohibits the passing of laws that "abridge the freedom of speech"; the Fifth Amendment insists on "due process of law"; and the Fourte...(展开全部)

Ronald Dworkin argues that Americans have been systematically misled about what their Constitution is, and how judges decide what it means. The Constitution, he observes, grants individual rights in extremely abstract terms. The First Amendment prohibits the passing of laws that "abridge the freedom of speech"; the Fifth Amendment insists on "due process of law"; and the Fourte...(展开全部)

"The Constitution is America's moral sail, and we must hold to the courage of the conviction that fills it, a conviction that we can all be equal citizens of a moral republic. That is a noble faith, and only optimism can redeem it." So writes Ronald Dworkin in the introduction to this characteristically robust and provocative new book in which Dworkin argues the fidelity to t...(展开全部)

A year after the publication of Dicey's LAW OF THE CONSTITUTION, William Gladstone was reading it aloud in the House of Commons, citing it as authority. It remains, to this day, a starting point for the study of the English Constitution and comparative constitutional law. THE LAW OF THE CONSTITUTION elucidates the guiding principles of the modern constitution of England: the le...(展开全部)

A year after the publication of Dicey's LAW OF THE CONSTITUTION, William Gladstone was reading it aloud in the House of Commons, citing it as authority. It remains, to this day, a starting point for the study of the English Constitution and comparative constitutional law. THE LAW OF THE CONSTITUTION elucidates the guiding principles of the modern constitution of England: the le...(展开全部)

J. G. A. 波考克，生于1924年，英国政治思想史学家，美国约翰•霍普金斯大学终身教授，以对现代早期的共和主义（尤其是欧洲大陆、英国与美国的共和主义）之研究、对英国普通法历史的著述、对爱德华•吉本与其他启蒙主义历史学家的态度以及对政治话语史的贡献而著称。其他著作有：《政治、语言与时间》、《马基雅维利时刻》、《德行、商业和历史》等。

J. G. A. 波考克，生于1924年，英国政治思想史学家，美国约翰•霍普金斯大学终身教授，以对现代早期的共和主义（尤其是欧洲大陆、英国与美国的共和主义）之研究、对英国普通法历史的著述、对爱德华•吉本与其他启蒙主义历史学家的态度以及对政治话语史的贡献而著称。其他著作有：《政治、语言与时间》、《马基雅维利时刻》、《德行、商业和历史》等。

J. G. A. 波考克，生于1924年，英国政治思想史学家，美国约翰•霍普金斯大学终身教授，以对现代早期的共和主义（尤其是欧洲大陆、英国与美国的共和主义）之研究、对英国普通法历史的著述、对爱德华•吉本与其他启蒙主义历史学家的态度以及对政治话语史的贡献而著称。其他著作有：《政治、语言与时间》、《马基雅维利时刻》、《德行、商业和历史》等。

J. G. A. 波考克，生于1924年，英国政治思想史学家，美国约翰•霍普金斯大学终身教授，以对现代早期的共和主义（尤其是欧洲大陆、英国与美国的共和主义）之研究、对英国普通法历史的著述、对爱德华•吉本与其他启蒙主义历史学家的态度以及对政治话语史的贡献而著称。其他著作有：《政治、语言与时间》、《马基雅维利时刻》、《德行、商业和历史》等。