Professor Jeremy Waldron reviews Ronald Dworkins last book

Jeremy Waldron has written a review in The Guardian (28 November) on the last book by Ronald Dworkin: Religion Without God.

Jeremy writes: Ronald Dworkin, who died this year, was one of the great legal philosophers of the modern era. His booksTaking Rights Seriously(1977),Laws Empire(1986) andJustice in Robes(2006) made him famous as a defender of the role of courts in modernpolitics, both in the US and if he had had his way in the UK. He was a proponent of the right answer thesis (there is a right answer for judges to find, even in the most difficult cases), the value of legal integrity (interpreting legal provisions, we should aim to make the law, as a whole, the best it can be) and the idea of rights as trumps (individual rights should prevail not just in the face oftyranny but even against good-hearted efforts to promote the general welfare at some individuals expense). These are massive and enduring contributions to thephilosophyof law, each of them adding riches and colour to our jurisprudence.

But this, his last, book,ReligionWithout God, is about value and religious experience. Whats the connection wtih jurisprudence? Why was this occupying the last days of our most prominent legal philosopher?

The full review can be read here: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/nov/28/religion-without-god-ronald-dworkin-review