Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
H. L. A. Hart

Born: July 18, 1907
Died: December 19, 1992 (aged 85)
Bio: Herbert Lionel Adolphus Hart, usually cited as H. L. A. Hart, was a British legal philosopher, and a major figure in political and legal philosophy. He was Professor of Jurisprudence at Oxford University and the Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford.
Known for:
- The Concept of Law (1961)
- Punishment and responsibility (1968)
- Essays in jurisprudence and philosophy (1983)
- Causation in the law (1959)
- Law, liberty andmorality (1963)