The Concept Of Law

Description

1961 edition. Hardcover has some minor wear along the sides, scuffs and marks. No dust jacket. Spine has some wear on the top and bottom. Pages are clean and the binding is secure.

This 1961 edition of “The Concept of Law” by H.L.A. Hart is a seminal work in the field of legal philosophy. Published just a few years after Hart’s appointment as Professor of Jurisprudence at Oxford University, this book challenged the then-dominant theory of legal positivism and proposed a new understanding of the nature of law. Hart’s central argument was that law is not merely a system of rules, but also includes a rule of recognition that allows individuals to identify which rules are legally valid. This groundbreaking work sparked a lively debate within legal circles and continues to be widely studied and discussed today. While this copy lacks a dust jacket and shows some signs of wear, the clean pages and secure binding make it a desirable addition for collectors and scholars interested in the intellectual history of legal theory and the development of Hart’s influential ideas.