Ronald Dworkin on Law and Interpretation. A Dissertation Submitted.

Author Inscribed Dissertation to the Director of His Thesis Committee in the Catholic University of America Gaffney, Paul Lawrence. Ronald Dworkin on Law and Interpretation. A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the School of Philosophy Of the Catholic University of America In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree Doctor of Philosophy. Washington D.C.: [Privately Printed], 1990. Quarto (11" x 9"; 27.9 x 22.9cm). iii, 308 pp. Publisher's black cloth with gilt stamped spine and front board. Fine. Author's presentation inscription " Dear Dr. Cua-/ I can't thank you/ enough for your unfailing/ generous and wise directing./ I'm sure a "lazy bum"/ (as you called me) like/ me would never have finished/ without your support &/ assistance. Thanks for/ everything-/ Paul" to front free endpaper. Internally clean. $150. * An exceptional association copy linking two branches of late 20th-century American philosophy. This is the personal copy of Dr. Antonio S. Cua (1932-2007), the notable Filipino-Chinese scholar, author, and Professor Emeritus at the Catholic University of America School of Philosophy. Dr. Cua was an internationally respected authority on Confucian ethics and comparative philosophy. This dissertation represents Gaffney's foundational research into the legal philosophy of Ronald Dworkin: one of the most influential legal minds of the 20th century. Gaffney would later expand this work into his definitive 1996 monograph, Ronald Dworkin on Law as Integrity: Rights as Principles of Adjudication. The unusually candid and humorous inscription highlights the warm, rigorous mentorship between a respected scholar of Eastern ethics and a burgeoning scholar of Western jurisprudence. …