Study guide
Hart and Legal Positivism
- Module
- Jurisprudence
- Institution
- London School Of Economics (LSE)
Hart puts forward the view that law (a legal system) is the union of two kinds of rules: primary and secondary rules. Primary rules are those rules that directly govern our conduct: rules that tell us what to do, like the law against committing murder, or requiring us to pay our taxes. Secondary ru...
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