This thinker discussed the importance of autonomy in Philosophical Issues in Senile Dementia, and makes the case for democracy-enhancing measures in A Bill of Rights for Britain.
This thinker discussed the importance of autonomy in Philosophical Issues in Senile Dementia, and makes the case for democracy-enhancing measures in A Bill of Rights for Britain. He famously asked "Is There Really No Right Answer in Hard Cases?" in an essay in the book A Matter of Principle, and spent his early years as a law clerk for Learned Hand. He may be best known for positing that there exist "legal principles" which are given weight as opposed to fixed rules of positive law like those described by H.L.A. Hart. FTP, name this author ►of Taking Rights Seriously, who is currently at NYU as the chair of legal philosophy and who also wrote the book Law's Empire.  
This thinker discussed the importance of autonomy in Philosophical Issues in Senile Dementia, and makes the case for democracy-enhancing measures in A Bill of Rights for Britain.
Ronald Dworkin 