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1 online resource (vi, 309 pages .) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Hart's readers / Luís Duarte d'Almeida, James Edwards and Andrea Dolcetti -- The generality of law / Timothy Endicott -- Variety or uniformity? / Richard H.S. Tur -- Hart or sovereignty / Pavlos Eleftheriadis -- Why law might emerge : Hart's problematic fable / John Gardner -- The rule of recognition and the foundations of a legal system / Grant Lamond -- Words and obligations / Nicos Stavropoulos -- Hart on justice and morality / John Tasioulas -- The morality in law / Leslie Green -- International law : 'a relatively small and unimportant' part of jurisprudence? / Jeremy Waldron -- How persistent are Hart's 'persistent questions'? / John Finnis -- Hart's anti-essentialism / Fredereck Schauer -- The model of ordinary analysis / Pierluigi Chiassoni -- Do the 'persistent questions' resist? : revisiting chapter 1 in The concept of law / Nicola Lacey -- Introductory note / Juan Ramón de Páramo -- Answers to eight questions / H.L.A. Hart. |
| Summary |
More than 50 years after it was first published, The Concept of Law remains the most important work of legal philosophy in the English-speaking world. In this volume, written for both students and specialists, 13 leading scholars look afresh at Hart's great book. Unique in format, the volume proceeds sequentially through all the main ideas in The Concept of Law: each contributor addresses a single chapter of Hart's book, critically discussing its arguments in light of subsequent developments in the field. Four concluding essays assess the continued relevance for jurisprudence of the 'persisten. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hart, H. L. A. (Herbert Lionel Adolphus), 1907-1992. Concept of law.
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Concept of law (Hart, H. L. A.) |
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Law -- Philosophy.
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Law -- Philosophy. |
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Jurisprudence.
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Jurisprudence. |
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Electronic books.
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Law. |
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Duarte d'Almeida, Luís, 1976-
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Edwards, James, 1984-
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Dolcetti, Andrea.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 1849463247 9781849463249 |
| ISBN |
1782252169 (electronic book) |
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9781782252160 (electronic book) |
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1849463247 (paperback) |
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9781849463249 (paperback) |
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