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Lacey Nicola

A life of H L A Hart : The nightmare and the noble dream - Oxford Oxford University Press 2004 - 422p xvii

Contents:
Acknowledgements IX;
List of illustrations XV;
Biographer's Note on Approach and Sources XVII;
Introduction: An Outsider on the Inside 1;
Part I: North and South:
1: Harrogate, Cheltenham, Bradford 11;
2: An Oxford Scholar 22;
3: Success Snatched from Defeat: London and the Bar 40;
Part II: Change and Continuity:
4: Jenifer 61;
5: From the Inns of Court to Military Intelligence: MI5, Marriage, and Fatherhood 83;
6: Oxford from the Other Side of the Fence 112;
Part III: The Golden Age:
7: Selling Philosophy to the Lawyers: The Chair of Jurisprudence 115;
8: American Jurisprudence through English Eyes: Harvard 1956-7 179;
9: Law in the Perspective of Philosophy: Causation in Law, The Concept of Law 209;
10: West and East, California and Israel: Law, Liberty, and Morality; Kelsen Visited; The Morality of the Criminal Law 243;
11: Discipline, Punishment, and Responsibility 272;
Part IV: After the Chair:
12: Old Turks and Young Fogeys: Bentham and Brasenose 197;
13: The Nightmare and the Noble Dream 328;
Notes 365;
Bibliography: HLA Hart 394;
Bibliography: Other authors 394;
List of Interviewees 403;
Biographical details on figures appearing in the book 404;
Index 411.


ISBN: 9780199274970 0199274975

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Hart, H. L. A - 19072. Law - Philosophy - History - 20th Century3. Lawyers - Biography - England

Dewey Class. No.: 340.100000 / LAC