"The most important work in jurisprudence since H. L. A. Hart's The Concept of Law and, from a philosophical
point of view at least, the most sophisticated contribution to that subject yet made by an American writer...Dworkin's
essays are brilliantly written...The book is remarkable in its unity and technical assurance...This is a book that
should be read by anyone who cares about our public life--either in theory or in practice."
--Marshall Cohen, New York Review of Books
"It is a rare treat--important, original philosophy that is also a pleasure to read. Dworkin argues vigorously,
imaginatively, and elegantly."
--Yale Law Review
"In a series of beautifully written, mutually supportive essays, Dworkin applies the theory of rights or
his own version of the theory to the case of judicial decision-making."
--Michael Walzer, New Republic
"The most significant book on philosophy of law in this decade and surely one of the more interesting ones
of the century."
--Thomas D. Perry, Ethics
"Dworkin's writing launches a frontal attack on the two concepts, utilitarianism and legal positivism,
that have dominated Anglo-American jurisprudence in the 20th century...Dworkin's theories have created shock waves
among jurisprudential scholars."
