Herbert Lionel Adolphus Hart (1907–1992) was an influential legal philosopher of the 20th century. He was Professor of Jurisprudence at Oxford University. He authored The Concept of Law and made major contributions to political philosophy.
Hart was born in 1907, the son of a prosperous Jewish tailor of German and Polish origin. Educated at Cheltenham College, Bradford Grammar School and at New College, Oxford, Hart took an outstanding First in Cl...
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Herbert Lionel Adolphus Hart (1907–1992) was an influential legal philosopher of the 20th century. He was Professor of Jurisprudence at Oxford University. He authored The Concept of Law and made major contributions to political philosophy.
Hart was born in 1907, the son of a prosperous Jewish tailor of German and Polish origin. Educated at Cheltenham College, Bradford Grammar School and at New College, Oxford, Hart took an outstanding First in Classical Greats in 1929.
He became a Barrister and practised successfully at the Chancery Bar from 1932 to 1940 and was good friends with Richard (later Lord) Wilberforce.
During World War II, Hart worked with MI5, a division of British military intelligence, where he renewed Oxford friendships. He did not return to his legal practice after the War, preferring instead to accept the offer of a teaching fellowship (in philosophy, not Law) at New College, Oxford.
In 1952, he was elected Professor of Jurisprudence at Oxford. He retired from the...
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