A life of H.L.A. Hart : the nightmare and the noble dream /
This volume is the biography of H.L.A. Hart, the pre-eminent legal philosopher of the 20th century. As a scholar he re-invented the philosophy of law and revolutionised our understanding of law as a social institution. His writings had an enormous impact on informed public opinion in the 1960s.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Summary: | This volume is the biography of H.L.A. Hart, the pre-eminent legal philosopher of the 20th century. As a scholar he re-invented the philosophy of law and revolutionised our understanding of law as a social institution. His writings had an enormous impact on informed public opinion in the 1960s. |
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| Physical Description: | xxii, 422 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 019920277X (pbk) 9780199202775 (pbk) |