Joseph Raz

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Joseph Raz FBA
Raz in 2009
Born	Joseph Zaltsman (1939-03-21)21 March 1939 Haifa, Mandatory Palestine
Died	2 May 2022(2022-05-02) (aged 83) London, England
Alma mater	Hebrew University of Jerusalem (MJur) Balliol College, Oxford (DPhil)
Awards	Tang Prize (2018)
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Legal positivism Perfectionist liberalism
Institutions	Hebrew University University of Oxford Columbia University King's College London
Thesis	The Concept of Legal System (1967)
Doctoral advisor	H. L. A. Hart
Main interests	Legal and political philosophy
Notable ideas	Perfectionist liberalism

Joseph Raz FBA (/rɑːz/; Hebrew: יוסף רז; born Joseph Zaltsman; 21 March 1939 – 2 May 2022) was an Israeli legal, moral and political philosopher. He was an advocate of legal positivism and is known for his conception of perfectionist liberalism. Raz spent most of his career as a professor of philosophy of law at Balliol College, Oxford, and was latterly a part-time professor of law at Columbia University Law School and a part-time professor at King's College London.^[1] He received the Tang Prize in Rule of Law in 2018.