000			00325nam a2200133Ia 4500
999			_c153862 _d153862
020			_a9780195664171
040			_cCUS
082			_a340 _bHAR/C
100			_aHart, H.L.A.
245		4	_aThe concepts of law/ _cH.L.A. Hart
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aOxford: _bOxford Univesity, _c2002.
300			_axii, 315 p. ; _c21 cm.
505			_aI. PERSISTENT QUESTIONS 1. Perplexities of Legal Theory 2. Three Recurrent Issues 3. Definition II. LAWS, COMMANDS, AND ORDERS 1. Varieties of Imperatives 2. Law as Coercive Orders III. THE VARIETY OF LAWS 1. The Content of Laws 2. The Range of Application 3. Modes of Origin IV. SOVEREIGN AND SUBJECT 1. The Habit of Obedience and the Continuity of Law 2. The Persistence of Law 3. Legal Limitations on Legislative Power 4. The Sovereign behind the Legislature V. LAW AS THE UNION OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY RULES 1. A Fresh Start 2. The Idea of Obligation 3. The Elements of Law VI. THE FOUNDATIONS OF A LEGAL SYSTEM 1. Rule of Recognition and Legal Validity 2. New Questions 3. The Pathology of a Legal System VII. FORMALISM AND RULE-SCEPTICISM 1. The Open Texture of Law 2. Varieties of Rule-Scepticism 3. Finality and Infallibility in Judicial Decision 4. Uncertainty in the Rule of Recognition VIII. JUSTICE AND MORALITY 1. Principles of Justice 2. Moral and Legal Obligation 3. Moral Ideals and Social Criticism IX. LAWS AND MORALS 1. Natural Law and Legal Positivism 2. The Minimum Content of Natural Law 3. Legal Validity and Moral Value X. INTERNATIONAL LAW 1. Sources of Doubt 2. Obligations and Sanctions 3. Obligation and the Sovereignty of States 4. International Law and Morality 5. Analogies of Form and Content
650			_aJurisprudence _xMethodology
650			_aLaw _xPhilosophy
942			_cWB16