Hart's PostScript: Essays on the PostScript to the Concept of Law

by Jules L. Coleman

Book Overview

Published posthumously, the second edition of The Concept of Law contains one important addition to the first edition, a substantial Postscript, in which Hart reflects upon some of the central concerns that have been expressed about the book since its publication in 1961.

The Postscript is especially noteworthy because it contains Hart's only sustained response to the objections pressed by his foremost critic, Ronald Dworkin, who succeeded...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019924362X
• ISBN13: 9780199243624
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 462 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"