Essays in jurisprudence and philosophy

Essays in jurisprudence and philosophy / by H.L.A. Hart.

These essays, which cover a wide range of topics, were written by Professor Hart between 1953 and 1981, and first appeared in a variety of different books and journals.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hart, H. L. A. (Herbert Lionel Adolphus), 1907-1992
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford [Oxfordshire] : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1983.
Subjects:
Jurisprudence.
Law > Philosophy.
law (discipline)
Jurisprudence
Law > Philosophy
Philosophy of law.
Philosophy.
Natural law.
Legal positivism.
Rudolf von Jhering (1818-1892)
Herbert Lionel Adolphus Hart (1907-1992)
Hans Kelsen (1881-1973)
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I General theory
  • Definition and theory of jurisprudence (first published 1953)
  • Positivism and separation of law and morals (first published 1958)
  • Problems of the philosophy of law (first published 1967)
  • Part II American jurisprudence
  • American jurisprudence through English eyes: the nightmare and the noble dream (first published 1977)
  • 1776-1976: Law in the perspective of philosophy (first published 1976)
  • Part III Scandinavian jurisprudence
  • Scandinavian realism (first published 1959)
  • Self-referring laws (first published 1964)
  • Part IV Liberty, utility and rights
  • Utilitarianism and natural rights (first published 1978)
  • Between utility and rights (first published 1973)
  • Rawls on liberty and its priority (first published 1973)
  • Social solidarity and the enforcement of morality (first published 1967)
  • Part V Four legal theorists
  • Jhering's Heaven concepts and modern analytical jurisprudence (first published 1970)
  • Diamonds and string: Holmes on the common law (first published 1963)
  • Kelsen visited (first published 1963)
  • Kelsen's Doctrine of the Unity of Law (first published 1968)
  • Lon L. Fuller: the morality of law (first published 1965)
  • Part VI
  • The house of lords on attempting the impossible (first published 1981).

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