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Ronald Dworkin

1931 - 2013

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Ronald Myles Dworkin (; December 11, 1931 – February 14, 2013) was an American legal philosopher, jurist, and scholar of United States constitutional law. At the time of his death, he was Frank Henry Sommer Professor of Law and Philosophy at New York University and Professor of Jurisprudence at University College London. Dworkin had taught previously at Yale Law School and the University of Oxford, where he was the Professor of Jurisprudence, successor to philosopher H. L. A. Hart. An influential contributor to both philosophy of law and political philosophy, Dworkin received the 2007 Holberg International Memorial Prize in the Humanities for "his pioneering scholarly work" of "worldwide impact". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ronald Dworkin is the 485th most popular philosopher (down from 434th in 2019), the 1,763rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,329th in 2019) and the 16th most popular American Philosopher.

Ronald Dworkin is most famous for his theory of law as integrity. He argues that the law is a system of principles, and that judges should be faithful to the law by interpreting the law as a coherent whole.

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Among philosophers, Ronald Dworkin ranks 485 out of 1,267. Before him are Philodemus, Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Michel de Certeau, Ernest Gellner, Leo Strauss, and Pierre Duhem. After him are Dicaearchus, John Gray, Zengzi, Ernst Troeltsch, Yi I, and Zhang Daoling.

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Among people born in 1931, Ronald Dworkin ranks 80. Before him are Klaus Hasselmann, Arata Isozaki, Anthony de Mello, Ivan Rebroff, Vujadin Boškov, and Reizo Fukuhara. After him are Silvia Pinal, Sam Cooke, Angie Dickinson, Stephen Boyd, Nick Adams, and Carroll Baker. Among people deceased in 2013, Ronald Dworkin ranks 63. Before him are David H. Hubel, Seki Matsunaga, Viktor Kulikov, Richard Matheson, Antoni Ramallets, and Manfred Rommel. After him are Hiroshi Yamauchi, Pierre Mauroy, Kenneth Waltz, Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland, Wojciech Kilar, and Patrice Chéreau.

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Among people born in United States, Ronald Dworkin ranks 1,763 out of 20,380. Before him are George C. Williams (1926), Burt Bacharach (1928), Joseph L. Goldstein (1940), Jacque Fresco (1916), Thomas Schelling (1921), and Stevie Nicks (1948). After him are Courtney Love (1964), William C. McCool (1961), Hugh Glass (1783), Paul Ryan (1970), Ronnie Coleman (1964), and Kaley Cuoco (1985).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Ronald Dworkin ranks 16. Before him are Richard Rorty (1931), Hilary Putnam (1926), Michael J. Sandel (1953), Daniel Dennett (1942), Martha Nussbaum (1947), and Murray Bookchin (1921). After him are Nelson Goodman (1906), Kenneth Waltz (1924), Saul Kripke (1940), Charles W. Morris (1903), Barrington Moore Jr. (1913), and Nancy Fraser (1947).

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