| Description |
xviii, 353 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Matthew H. Kramer and Claire Grant -- I. Legal Positivism and General Jurisprudence -- 1. On Hart's Ways: Law as Reason and as Fact / John Finnis -- 2. The Legal Entrenchment of Illegality / David Lyons -- 3. Conformity, Custom, and Congruence: Rethinking the Efficacy of Law / Gerald J. Postema -- 4. Hart and the Principles of Legality / Jeremy Waldron -- 5. Legality, Morality, and the Guiding Function of Law / W. J. Waluchow -- II. Criminal Responsibility and Punishment -- 6. Responsibility and Liability in Criminal Law / R. A. Duff -- 7. Hart and Feinberg on Responsibility / John Gardner -- III. Causation in the Law -- 8. Some Reflections on Hart and Honore, Causation in the Law / Judith Jarvis Thomson -- 9. The Nightmare and the Noble Dream: Hart and Honore on Causation and Responsibility / Richard W. Wright -- IV. Justice -- 10. Fairness, Needs, and Desert / Brad Hooker -- 11. The Basic Liberties / Philip Pettit -- V. Rights -- 12. Posthumous Rights / Cecile Fabre -- 13. Are There Still Any Natural Rights? / Hillel Steiner -- 14. The Analysis of Rights / Leif Wenar -- VI. Toleration and Liberty -- 15. On Being Tolerated / Leslie Green -- 16. Private Faces in Public Places / Susan Mendus -- 17. Hart and the Liberalism of Fear / Alan Ryan |
| Summary |
"This book is the product of a major British Academy Symposium held in 2007 to mark the centenary of the birth of H. L. A. Hart, the most important legal philosopher and one of the most important political philosophers of the twentieth century." "The book brings together contributions from seventeen of the world's foremost legal and political philosophers who explore the many subjects in which Hart produced influential work. Each essay engages in an original analysis of philosophical problems that were tackled by Hart, some essays including extended critical discussions of his major works: The Concept of Law, Punishment and Responsibility, Causation in the Law, and Law, Liberty and Morality. All the main topics of Hart's philosophical writings are featured: general jurisprudence and legal positivism; criminal responsibility and punishment; theories of rights; toleration and liberty; theories of justice; and causation in the law."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [331]-346) and index |
| Subject |
Hart, H. L. A. (Herbert Lionel Adolphus), 1907-1992.
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Law -- Philosophy.
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Justice.
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Causation (Criminal law)
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Criminal liability.
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| Author |
Kramer, Matthew H., 1959-
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| LC no. |
2008023430 |
| ISBN |
9780199542895 (acidfree paper) |
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0199542899 (acid-free paper) |
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