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First published in 1961, The Concept of Law is the most important and original work of legal philosophy written this century. It is considered the masterpiece of H.L.A. Hart's enormous contribution to the study of jurisprudence and legal philosophy. Its elegant language and balanced arguments... read more

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FEW questions concerning human society have been asked with such persistence and answered by serious thinkers in so many diverse, strange, and even paradoxical ways as the question 'What is law?'

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  1. H. L. A. Hart (Author)

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  1. jurisprudence
  2. law
  3. non-fiction
  4. philosophy 
 

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