LJU4801
ASSIGNMENT 2
DUE DATE: 1 APRIL 2026
3. Do not include long quotations in your essay. Arguments and ideas must be
relayed in your own words.
Question 1
Write a paragraph explaining Ronald Dworkin's objectivist theory on how
judges decide cases.
Ronald Dworkin’s objectivist theory assumes that judges are constrained by objective
factors when deciding cases, particularly through the principles embedded in the legal
system's tradition. 1 Dworkin distinguishes between "easy cases" and "hard cases." In
easv cases, there is tvoicallv onlv one rule that can be aoolied. which the iudoe simolv
, LJU4801 ASSIGNMENT 2 2026
DUE 1 APRIL 2026
2. Your answers must include footnotes in the prescribed format and a
bibliography.
3. Do not include long quotations in your essay. Arguments and ideas must be
relayed in your own words.
Question 1
Write a paragraph explaining Ronald Dworkin’s objectivist theory on how
judges decide cases.
Ronald Dworkin's objectivist theory assumes that judges are constrained by objective
factors when deciding cases, particularly through the principles embedded in the legal
system's tradition.¹ Dworkin distinguishes between "easy cases" and "hard cases." In
easy cases, there is typically only one rule that can be applied, which the judge simply
ASSIGNMENT 2
DUE DATE: 1 APRIL 2026
3. Do not include long quotations in your essay. Arguments and ideas must be
relayed in your own words.
Question 1
Write a paragraph explaining Ronald Dworkin's objectivist theory on how
judges decide cases.
Ronald Dworkin’s objectivist theory assumes that judges are constrained by objective
factors when deciding cases, particularly through the principles embedded in the legal
system's tradition. 1 Dworkin distinguishes between "easy cases" and "hard cases." In
easv cases, there is tvoicallv onlv one rule that can be aoolied. which the iudoe simolv
, LJU4801 ASSIGNMENT 2 2026
DUE 1 APRIL 2026
2. Your answers must include footnotes in the prescribed format and a
bibliography.
3. Do not include long quotations in your essay. Arguments and ideas must be
relayed in your own words.
Question 1
Write a paragraph explaining Ronald Dworkin’s objectivist theory on how
judges decide cases.
Ronald Dworkin's objectivist theory assumes that judges are constrained by objective
factors when deciding cases, particularly through the principles embedded in the legal
system's tradition.¹ Dworkin distinguishes between "easy cases" and "hard cases." In
easy cases, there is typically only one rule that can be applied, which the judge simply
