Dworkin's second major collection — extending his rights theory and liberal political philosophy into specific debates about equality, judicial review, and civil disobedience.
Liberal equality: the right to equal concern and respect as the foundational liberal value. Judicial review defended as consistent with democracy: judges making rights decisions is not counter-majoritarian in a democracy properly conceived. Further development of law-as-integrity. Extended engagement with Roe v. Wade, affirmative action, and pornography regulation.
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