TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hart, H.L.A.
TI  - The concepts of law
SN  - 9780195664171
U1  - 340 
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford Univesity
KW  - Jurisprudence
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Law
KW  - Philosophy
N1  - I. 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


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