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Ep. 304: Dworkin v. Hart on Legal Judgment (Part One)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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Dworkin's Critique of Positivism

Dworkin says he finds Hart's description insufficient or inadequate as a description of what actually happens. He thinks judges could be criticized for not taking principles into account, especially things that other judges have been intending to for some time. "Do principles control means doesn't mean do they in fact always determine it just means odd"

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