What is one principal theme in Dworkin's book "Law's Empire"?
Law as integrity
Law as tyranny
Law as freedom
Law as corruption
Answer
Ronald Dworkin's book Law's Empire argues that the best way to understand the law is as an exercise in integrity. This means that judges should strive to interpret the law in a way that is consistent with its overall purpose, even if this means that they must sometimes depart from the literal meaning of the words on the page.
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