notes for an intro to phil of law

1. THE FINAL EXAM REVIEW
Special Edition

2. Table of Contents
Where and When, etc.
Is Democracy Possible Here?
Justice in Robes
Objectivity and Truth

3. Where and When, etc.
It starts at 1400 hours (2:00pm) at CAB 281.
You have two hours to complete the exam.
It counts for 20% of your final grade.
You should not use any books or notes.
Bring a pen or pencil.
Paramount are clarity of thought and expression, and a good
grasp of Dworkin’s political philosophy and jurisprudence.

4. Is Democracy Possible Here?
You should be prepared to write about two questions.
First, a general question about the general tenor of Dworkin’s
political philosophy and its application to the themes of the
book: terrorism and human rights, religion and dignity, taxes and
legitimacy, the nature of democracy.
Second, a specific question about one of these themes; in effect,
one of the chapters 2, 3, 4 or 5 of the book.
Your second answer should not repeat the first. Instead,
introduce new material, such as a comparison with another view.

5. Justice in Robes
You should be prepared to write about two questions.
First, a general question about the tenor of Dworkin’s
jurisprudence.
Second, a specific question about one of the chapters 2 through
9 of the book.

6. Objectivity and Truth
Two questions again. First, a general question about the tenor of
Dworkin’s moral philosophy.
Second, a specific question about how that moral philosophy
relates to his jurisprudence with respect to: his attitude toward
pragmatism in the law (Ch. One), his high opinion of legal
theory (Ch. Two), his critique of Posner (Ch. Three), his
critique of Berlin (Ch. Four), his view of law as interpretive
(Ch. Five), his take on Hart’s positivism as
`archimedean’ (Ch. Six), his view of Rawls’s importance for
legal theory (Ch. Nine)