The concept of law / by H.L.A. Hart ; with a postscript edited by Penelope A. Bulloch and Joseph Raz ; and with an introduction and notes by Leslie Green.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-325) and index.

INTRODUCTION, by Leslie Creen
1. Hart's Message
2. Law as a Social Construction
3. Law and Power
4. Law and Morality
5. Fact, Value, and Method
6. The Point
PERSISTENT WESTIONS
1. Perplexities of Legal Theory
2. Three Recurrent Issues
3. Definition
LAWS, COMMANDS, AND ORDERS
1. Varieties of Imperatives
2. Law as Coercive Orders
III. THE VARIETY OF LAWS
1. The Content of Laws
2. The Range of Application
3. Modes of Oriqin
IV. SOVEREIGN AND SUBJECT
1. The Habit of Obedience and the Continuity of Law
2. Tbe Persistence of Law
3. Legal Limitations on Legislative Power
4. The Sovereign Behlnd the Legislature
V. LAW AS THE UNION OF PRIMARY AND
SECONDARY RULES
I. A Fresh Start
2. The Idea of Obligation
3. The Elements of Law
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VI. THE FOUNDATIONS OF A LEGAL SYSTEM
1. Rule of Recognirion and Legal Vahdity
2. New Qestions
3. The Pathology of a Legal System
VII. FORMALISM AND RULE-SCEPTICISM
1. The Open Texture of Law
2. Yariettes of Rule-Scepticisrn
3. Finality and Infallibility inJudicial Decision
4. uncertainty in the Rule of Recognition
VIII. JUSTICE AND MORALITY
1. Principles ofJusrice
2. MoraI and Legal Obligation
3. Moral Ideals and Social Criticism
IX. LAWS AND MORALS
1. Natural Law and Legal Positivism
2. The Minimum Content of Natural Law
3. Legal Validity and Moral Value
X. INTERNATIONAL LA\V
1. Sources of Doubt
2. Obligations and Sanctions
3. Obligation and the Sovereignn' of States
4. International Law and Moralitr'
5. Analogies of Form and Conrent
POSTSCR/PT
Introductory
1. The Nature of Legal Theory
2. The Nature of Legal Positivism
3. The Nature of Rules
4. Principles and the Rule of Recognirion
5. Law and Morality
6. Judicial Discretion
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