
Hart’s Concept of Law – The Original Position
HLA Hart (1907–1992), was a Professor of Jurisprudence at Oxford University (1952–1968). He was a leading figure who revived interest in the philosophy of law. In his leading work ‘The Concept of Law’ (1961) Hart sets out his positivist approach to investigating the phenomenon of law. In ‘The Concept of Law’ Hart analyses the relation…