Herbert Hart ( July 18, 1907 - December 19, 1992 ) - English philosopher and legal theorist, head of the Department of Law at the University of Oxford . He was considered one of the most prominent representatives of the analytical theory of law and legal positivism. The most famous work of G. Hart - The Concept of Law (1961).
| Herbert Hart | |
|---|---|
| Herbert Lionel Adolphus Hart | |
| Date of Birth | July 18, 1907 |
| Place of Birth | Harrogate , England |
| Date of death | December 19, 1992 (aged 85) |
| Place of death | Oxford , England |
| A country |  Great Britain |
| Alma mater | |
| Language (s) of works | English |
| School / tradition | Western philosophy |
| Direction | Analytic philosophy |
| Core interests | Jurisprudence , linguistic philosophy , political philosophy , liberalism , utilitarianism |
| Influenced | Jeremiah Bentham , John Austin , John Stuart Mill , Ludwig Wittgenstein , Max Weber . |
| Influenced | Ronald Dvorkin , John Rawls and others |
| Awards | Messenger Lectures (1963) |
Biography
Herbert Hart was born July 18, 1907 in the English town of Harrogate; came from a Jewish tailor's family. He was educated at the Bradford Grammar School and the colleges of Cheltenham and Oxford, in which he studied philosophy, ancient history and the theory of law.
From 1932 to 1940 he worked as a lawyer, during the Second World War he served in the British counterintelligence MI5 . After demobilization, he did not return to legal practice, but began to teach philosophy at Oxford, receiving the title of professor in 1952 and at the same time starting work on his main work, The Concept of Law , which was published only in 1961.
In 1952-1973 he taught at University College, then, until his retirement in 1978, at Brysenovskoy College.
At the turn of the 1950s and 1960s, he taught philosophy at several universities in the United States as a visiting professor.
From 1959 to 1960 he was president of the Aristotelian society. For his contribution to the philosophy of law, he was awarded honorary professorships from 12 universities in the world.
Herbert Hart died on December 19, 1992 in the city of Oxford .
Bibliography
- Nicola L. A Life of HLA Hart: The Nightmare and the Noble Dream. - Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Urbina S. Which positivism? // Wiesbaden, Fur Rechts-u. Sozialphilosophie, 1994. Bd 80. No. 3.