This was the recommended reading for Final year LLB Jurisprudence in UOL UK, and reading it really gives you an overall understanding to answer any questions you may face at the examination. My experience with it had been great. I recommend it to any examination candidate as well for any one wishing to enhance their knowledge on the subject of Legal Theory.

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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.
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- Edition3rd
- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication dateNov. 2 2012
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions21.34 x 2.54 x 13.46 cm
- Print length384 pages
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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.
About the Author
HLA Hart was Professor of Jurisprudence at Oxford University and the Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford. He authored The Concept of Law one of the seminal works of English-language jurisprudence. He passed away in 1992. Leslie Green is Professor of the Philosophy of Law and Pauline and Max Gordon Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford. He is the author The Authority of the State (Clarendon Press, 1990), and is the co-editor of Oxford Studies in the Philosophy of Law (with Brian Leiter). Joseph Raz has been teaching at Oxford University since 1972. He has been Professor of the Philosophy of Law there since 1985, and Research Professor since 2006; he has also been Professor at Columbia University since 2002. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and has published a number of books including Between Authority and Interpretation (OUP, 2009) and The Authority of Law (OUP, 2009). Penelope A. Bulloch is an emeritus fellow of Balliol College, Oxford.
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- Publisher : Oxford University Press
- Publication date : Nov. 2 2012
- Edition : 3rd
- Language : English
- Print length : 384 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0199644705
- ISBN-13 : 978-0199644704
- Item weight : 476 g
- Dimensions : 21.34 x 2.54 x 13.46 cm
- Part of series : Clarendon Law
- 鶹 Rank: #61,658 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #22 in Political History Textbooks
- #26 in Jurisprudence (Books)
- #234 in Political Philosophy (Books)
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- Reviewed in Canada on November 19, 2013Verified Purchase
- Reviewed in Canada on June 25, 2017Verified PurchaseSimple to read and easy to understand
- Reviewed in Canada on November 27, 2017Verified Purchasepacked with insightful and detailed information coded between run on sentences and sentence fragments, making the total experience confusing and more difficult than necessary
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- Annesha Kar GuptaReviewed in India on June 6, 2017
5.0 out of 5 stars Perhaps there is no better book than this written till today
Verified PurchaseI purchased this book for second time. This book is the landmark on English Jurisprudence. Perhaps there is no better book than this written till today. This is book is helping to enriching my knowledge as well as my library.
- wormzReviewed in Australia on November 5, 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars i was forced to buy this but i really liked it actually
Verified Purchasethis was a textbook which i was required to buy with my own money because university is very mean but it's a really good book that i enjoyed reading, skimming, and pretending to read near the end of the semester when i was tired. got me a good grade. genuinely good book. 10/10 thanks hla hart
- Surendra R. BhandariReviewed in the United States on November 5, 2014
5.0 out of 5 stars It is one of the best books to be read by every law student
Verified PurchaseIt is one of the best books to be read by every law student. Certainly, it is one of the illustrious law book in our time, but one should be cautious not to misunderstand its weaknesses, as well. As illustrious it is, so conceptually fragile too it is. It not only defends, but also successfully brings legal positivism at the center of legal analysis; however, without any uniform and determined framework of positivism defended and established. I am one of the admirers as well as critic of the theory of Hart, which this book is the most representative one. On the whole, I love this book and have read many times.
- Anthony KarydisReviewed in the United Kingdom on January 22, 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars Helped my daughter get to a top UK Law University!
Verified PurchaseOne of the books that helped my daughter pass her IB. It was recommended reading. She got an excellent score and went to UCL so, this book must have been good. so I assume it was a good one.
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BabblaReviewed in Italy on April 4, 2013
5.0 out of 5 stars Ottima rilegatura
Verified PurchaseNon lasciatevi spaventare dalla dicitura "brossura". La rilegatura è perfetta e non vi sembrerà nemmeno di non avere un libro tradizionale.