Hart's Philosophy of Law:An Overview

Herbert Lionel Adolphus Hart (1907-1992) — a British philosopher, was a professor of jurisprudence at the University of Oxford. Prof. Hart has been a linguistic, philosopher, barrister, and a jurist. He is regarded as the leading contemporary representative of British Positivism. The Concept of Law (1961) remains his most influential book. Apart from this, his important writings include Causation in the Law (1959, with A.M. Honoré),  Law, Liberty and Morality (1963), Of Laws in General (1970), and Essays on Bentham (1982).