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)