Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
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)