scholarly journals THE CONCEPT OF LAW. By H. L. A. Hart. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1961. Pp. viii, 263. 21s.

1962 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 169-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. T. Noonan
Keyword(s):  
Oxford University ◽  
The Concept Of Law ◽  
Oxford University Press ◽  
Concept Of Law

Diritto e natura a Oxford: il caso di H.L.A. Hart

2009 ◽  
pp. 181-192
Author(s):  
Carolina Gasparoli
Keyword(s):  
Natural Law ◽  
Legal Theory ◽  
Ronald Dworkin ◽  
Oxford University ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Philosophical Background ◽  
The Concept Of Law ◽  
Concept Of Law

- Hart is one of the most prominent philosophers of law of the last century. Published in 1961, his book The Concept of Law has influenced many of the leading figures in contemporary legal theory. Hart held the Chair of Jurisprudence at Oxford University from 1952 until 1968 and he chose Ronald Dworkin as his successor. In his last book Diritto e natura. H.L.A. e la filosofia di Oxford, Mario Ricciardi takes the uneasy relationship between the two philosophers as the starting point of his inquiry and claims that Dworkin's critique of Hart's legal theory has misinterpreted many relevant aspects of Hart's approach to law. As a result, many scholars have paid little attention to the cultural and philosophical background of Hart's work. In particular, Ricciardi suggests that, in this work, Hart uses a specific notion of analysis, namely connective analysis, which Gilbert Ryle and Peter F. Strawson had opposed to the decompositive one. Such a reading of The Concept of Law generates a new understanding of the role played by the minimum content of natural law in Hart's legal theory.

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