H. L. A. Hart

H. L. A. Hart
Born
Herbert Lionel Adolphus Hart

(1907-07-18)18 July 1907
Harrogate, England
Died19 December 1992(1992-12-19) (aged 85)
Oxford, England
TitlePrincipal of Brasenose College, Oxford (1973–1978)
Spouse
(m. 1941)
Academic background
Alma materNew College, Oxford
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Notable studentsPeter Hacker
Notable worksThe Concept of Law (1961)
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Herbert Lionel Adolphus Hart FBA (/hɑːrt/; 18 July 1907 – 19 December 1992) was an English legal philosopher. He was the Professor of Jurisprudence at Oxford University and the Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford. His most famous work is The Concept of Law, which has been hailed as "the most important work of legal philosophy written in the twentieth century".[2] He is considered one of the world's foremost legal philosophers in the twentieth century.[3]

  1. ^ Legal Positivism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
  2. ^ The Concept of Law (Clarendon Law) (Clarendon Law Series). Clarendon Law Series. ASIN 0199644705.. However, key ideas in the book have also received fundamental reiterated criticism. For a summary, see C. M. Campbell, "The Career of the Concept" in P. Leith and P. Ingram (eds.) The Jurisprudence of Orthodoxy. London, Routledge, 1988, 1-25.
  3. ^ Matthew H. Kramer and Claire Grant (2008). "Introduction", in Matthew H. Kramer, Claire Grant, Ben Colburn, and Anthony Hatzistavrou (ed.): The Legacy of H.L.A. Hart: Legal, Political and Moral Philosophy. Oxford/New York, Oxford University Press, xiii.

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