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The Concept of Law
Fifty years on from its first publication, The Concept of Law is still the starting point for the study of legal philosophy and is widely heralded as a classic work of modern philosophy. This third edition features a new introduction by Leslie Green, looking at Hart's work from the perspective of modern jurisprudence.
| Author(s) | By HLA Hart (late Professor of Jurisprudence, Principal of Brasenose College, and Fellow of University College, University of Oxford). Edited by, Joseph Raz (Research Professor, University of Oxford and Research Professor, Columbia University Law School), |
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Format | Paperback / softback |
| Pages | 400 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 25 Oct 2012 |
| Availability | Available |
Fifty years on from its first publication, The Concept of Law is still the starting point for the study of legal philosophy and is widely heralded as a classic work of modern philosophy. This third edition features a new introduction by Leslie Green, looking at Hart's work from the perspective of modern jurisprudence.
Introduction ; 1. Persistent Questions ; 2. Laws, Commands, and Orders ; 3. The Variety of Laws ; 4. Sovereign and Subject ; 5. Law as the Union of Primary and Secondary Rules ; 6. The Foundations of a Legal System ; 7. Formalism and Rule-Scepticism ; 8.
HLA Hart was Professor of Jurisprudence at Oxford University and the Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford. He authored The Concept of Law one of the seminal works of English-language jurisprudence. He passed away in 1992. Leslie Green is Professor o
