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H.L.A. Hart / Neil MacCormick. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- MacCormick, Neil.
- Series:
- Jurists.
- Jurists : profiles in legal theory
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hart, H. L. A. (Herbert Lionel Adolphus), 1907-1992--Bibliography.
- Hart, H. L. A.
- Hart, H. L. A. (Herbert Lionel Adolphus), 1907-1992.
- Jurisprudence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 242 p. )
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Law, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this substantially revised second edition, Neil MacCormick delivers an introduction to the life and works of H.L.A. Hart noted Professor of Jurisprudence at Oxford University from 1952 to 1968. The work includes Hart's ideas on the theory of legal rules, legal reasoning, judicial discretion, the social sources of law, and more.
- Contents:
- Introduction to second edition
- Hart: moral critic and analytical jurist
- Hart's conception of law
- Social rules
- Morality - positive and critical
- Obligation, duty, wrongdoing
- Powers and power-conferring rules
- Rights
- The legal order I: primary elements of law
- The legal order II: secondary rules
- Judicial discretion and the judicial role
- Sanctions, punishments, justice
- Law, morality and positivism
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-236) and index.
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8047-7956-2
- OCLC:
- 1294423348
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