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Ronald Dworkin

Ronald DworkinAKA Ronald Myles Dworkin

Born: 11-Dec-1931
Birthplace: Worcester, MA

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Philosopher

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Taking Rights Seriously

Clerked for Learned Hand (1957-58).

Father: David Dworkin
Mother: Madeline Talamo
Wife: Betsy Celia Ross (m. 1958, one son, one daughter)

    University: BA, Harvard University
    University: BA, Magdalen College, Oxford University (on Rhodes Scholarship)
    Law School: LLB, Harvard Law School
    Professor: Law, Yale University Law School (1962-69)
    Professor: Chair of Jurisprudence, Oxford University (1969-98)
    Professor: Jurisprudence, University College London (joint)
    Professor: Law, New York University Law School (joint, 1975-)

    American Academy of Arts and Sciences
    John Kerry for President
    Obama for America
    Rhodes Scholarship

Author of books:
Taking Rights Seriously (1977)
A Matter of Principle (1985)
Law's Empire (1986)
Philosophical Issues in Senile Dementia (1987)
A Bill of Rights for Britain (1990)
Life's Dominion (1993)
Freedom's Law (1996)
Sovereign Virtue (2000)
Justice in Robes (2006)


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