Exploring Law's Empire The Jurisprudence of Ronald Dworkin

• Offers a comperehensive analysis of Dworkin's contribution across his main interests in legal theory and constitutional law
• Contributors include leading figures in the field, such as Jeremy Waldron, John Gardner and Stephen Perry
• Includes an extended reply from Ronald Dworkin responding to the essays and elaborating his views on a number of central questions in the philosophy of law
• Represents ideal further reading for advanced students and scholars of Dworkin's work

Exploring Law's Empire is a collection of essays examining the work of Ronald Dworkin in the philosophy of law and constitutionalism. A group of leading legal theorists develop, defend and critique the major areas of Dworkin's work, including his criticism of legal positivism, his theory of law as integrity, and his work on constitutional theory.

The volume concludes with a lengthy response to the essays by Dworkin himself, which develops and clarifies many of his positions on the central questions of legal and constitutional theory. The volume represents an ideal companion for students and scholars embarking on a study of Dworkin's work.

Readership: Academics and postgraduate students of legal and political philosophy.