“DWORKIN’S THEORY OF RIGHTS”

SUBMITTED TO- SUBMITTED BY-

DR. MANORANJAN KUMAR NAME: ICHCHHIT SRIVASTAVA

FACULTY OF JURISPRUDENCE-II COURSE: B.A., L.L.B (Hons.)
ROLL NO: 1731
SEMESTER: 6th

ROUGH DRAFT SUBMITTED IN THE FULFILLMENT OF THE COURSE

JURISPRUDENCE-II

DURING ACADEMIC YEAR 2020-21 FOR OBTAINING DEGREE OF B.A.,LL.B.(Hons.)

FEBRUARY, 2020

CHANAKYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY

NYAYA NAGAR, MITHAPUR, PATNA-800001
INTRODUCTION-

Dworkin's metaphor is of rights as “trumps”. Rights permit their holders to act in certain
ways, or give reasons to treat their holders in certain ways or permit their holders to act in
certain ways, even if some social aim would be served by doing otherwise. As Mill wrote
of the trumping power of the right to free expression: “If all mankind minus one were of
one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he
had the power, would be in silencing mankind”

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:

• The main aim of this project is to analyze the Dworkin’s theory of rights.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY:

The researcher will be relying on Doctrinal method of research to complete the project.

TENTATIVE CHAPTERIZATION-

1. Introduction.
2. The Rights Thesis
3. Dworkin and Hard Cases
4. Dworkin and Interpretation
5. Conclusion and Suggestion .

BIBLIOGRAPHY-

The researcher has consulted following sources to complete the rough proposal:

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SECONDARY SOURCES:
Books-
a) G.W. PATON, A Textbook of Jurisprudence (Oxford University Press, Fourth
Edition, 1972)
b) Michael Freeman, Lloyd's Introduction to Jurisprudence, (Sweet & Maxwell; Ninth
edition, 2016)