Article
H.L.A. Hart: A Twentieth-Century Oxford Political Philosopher
Journal Articles
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2009
Disciplines
Publication Information
54 Am. J. Juris. 161 (2009)
Abstract
This essay offers first a sketch (by a student and colleague) of H.L.A. Hart's life; second an account of the political philosophy which he explicitly articulated in The Concept of Law (1961), and of its relation to the main currents of Oxford political philosophy in the 1950s; and thirdly an exposition and critical assessment of the normative political theory deployed, to widespread acclaim, in his Law, Liberty & Morality (1963).
Citation Information
John M. Finnis. "H.L.A. Hart: A Twentieth-Century Oxford Political Philosopher" (2009) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/john_finnis/39/
Reprinted with permission of American Journal of Jurisprudence.