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Fifty years on from its original publication, HLA Hart`s The Concept of Law is widely recognized as the most important work of legal philosophy published in the twentieth century, and remains the starting point for most students coming to the subject for the first time.
In this third edition, Leslie Green provides a new introduction that sets the book in the context of subsequent developments in social and political philosophy, clarifying misunderstandings of Hart`s project and highlighting central tensions and problems in the work.
Leslie Green: Introduction
Persistent Questions
Laws, Commands, and Orders
The Variety of Laws
Sovereign and Subject
Law as the Union of Primary and Secondary Rules
The Foundations of a Legal System
Formalism and Rule-Scepticism
Justice and Morality
Laws and Morals
International Law
Key Features
Features an introduction by Leslie Green, clarifying misunderstandings of Hart`s project and setting the work in the context of modern social and political theory
Includes updated notes and references, allowing students to follow developments in subsequent literature
Retains the pagination of the second edition, allowing references to be followed
Includes Hart`s Postscript from the Second EditionISBN - 9780198729990
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Pages : 400
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