Ronald Dworkin (red.)
From Liberal Values to Democratic Transition
Essays in Honor of Janos Kis
The book contains twelve essays by Stephen Holmes, Frances M. Kamm, Mária Ludassy, Steven Lukes, Gyorgy Markus, András Sajó, Gáspár Miklós Tamás, Andrew Arato, Timothy Garton Ash, Béla Greskovits, Will Kymlicka, and Aleksander Smolar. The studies explore a wide scope of subjects that belong to disciplines ranging from moral philosophy, through theory of human rights, democratic transition, constitutionalism, to political economy. The common denominator of the studies collected is their reference to the scholarly output of János Kis, in honor of his sixtieth birthday.
János Kis is a distinguished political philosopher who, after many years spent as a dissident under the Communist regime, emerged as an important political figure in Hungary's transition to democracy. Currently he is University Professor of Philosophy at Central European University, Budapest.
Redacteur
Ronald Dworkin was emeritus hoogleraar rechtsgeleerdheid en filosofie aan de Universiteit van New York. Hij gaf les aan Yale en de Universiteit van Oxford. In 2007 ontving hij de Ludvig Holberg International Memorial Prize voor zijn onderzoek. Hij overleed in februari 2013. Religie zonder God werd postuum uitgebracht. Dworkin is een van de grootste rechtsfilosofen en denkers over de democratische rechtsstaat uit de recente geschiedenis.
