H L A Hart's The Concept of Law is the classic text for the study of jurisprudence and legal philosophy and is probably the most important work of legal philosophy written this century. This second edition is particularly valuable as it combines Hart's original text with a postscript, in which he responds to criticisms of his theory levelled by such notable scholars as Dworkin, Fuller and Finnis. Written by him but only discovered after his death, it has been ably edited by Joseph Raz and Penelope Bulloch of Balliol College, Oxford.
H.L.A. (Herbert) Hart (1907-1992)
was the son of a Jewish tailor of Polish and German descent. He was educated at Bradford Grammar School and New College Oxford, where he obtained a brilliant first class in Classical Greats. He practised at the Chancery Bar from 1932 to 1940 along with Richard (later Lord) Wilberforce. During the war, being unfit for active service, he worked in MI5. During this time his interests returned to philosophy and in 1945 he was appointed philosophy tutor at New College. He was strongly influenced by the linguistic philosophy then current in Oxford, but employed its techniques more constructively than did most members of the movement. In 1952, given his chancery background, he was persuaded by J.L. Austin to be a candidate for the Oxford chair of Jurisprudence when Professor Arthur Goodhart resigned. He was elected and held the chair until 1969.
From 1952 on he delivered the undergraduate lectures that turned into The Concept of Law (1961, posthumous second edition 1994). He also lectured on right and duties, but these lectures were never published. He held seminars with Tony Honoré on causation, leading to their joint work Causation in the Law (1959, second edition 1985). His visit to Harvard in 1956-7 led to his Holmes lecture on 'Positivism and the Separation of Law and Morals' (1958) and a famous controversy with Lon Fuller. Returning to the UK he engaged in an equally famous debate with Patrick (later Lord) Devlin on the limits within which the criminal law should try to enforce morality. Hart published two books on the subject, Law, Liberty and Morality (1963) and The Morality of the Criminal Law (1965). A wider interest in criminal law, stimulated by Rupert (later Professor Sir Rupert) Cross was signalled by his 'Prolegomenon to the Principles of Punishment' (1959). Nine of his essays on the criminal law were collected in Punishment and Responsibility (1968). In 1968 he was asked by Oxford University to chair a commission on relations with junior members, then at a low ebb, and produced a notably perceptive and constructive report.
Feeling that his powers were waning Hart resigned his chair in 1969, to be succeeded by Ronald Dworkin, a severe critic of his legal philosophy. He now devoted himself mainly to the study of Bentham, whom, along with Kelsen, he regarded as the most important legal philosopher of modern times. Ten of his essays were collected in Essays on Bentham (1982). From 1973 to 1978 he was Principal of Brasenose College. In his last years he was much concerned to find a convincing reply to Dworkin's criticisms of his version of legal positivism. A sketch of Hart's reply is to be found in the postscript to the second edition of The Concept of Law.
Hart's main aim as a lecturer and writer was to tell the truth and be clear. He was the most widely read British legal philosopher of the twentieth century and his work will continue to be a focus of discussion.
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评分中午拿到《法律的概念》第三版中译本,花了点时间校读了Leslie Green写的导言。译文总体上在准确性、流畅性和简洁性上做的都很棒,但美中不足,有一些瑕疵暂列如下。 1. 原文斜体的部分在中译本中并未被标示出来。斜体一般是作者想要特别强调以引起读者注意的一种写作方式,比...
评分哈特《法律的概念》的框架和内容简介 哈特的《法律的概念》一书内容上十分丰富,他从反驳奥斯丁的“法律命令说”着手,分别从内容、适用范围、起源模式这三个方面,分析了法律与以威胁为后盾的命令的不同。在此基础上,哈特提出了他著名的“法律规则说”,即把法...
评分 评分哈特《法律的概念》的框架和内容简介 哈特的《法律的概念》一书内容上十分丰富,他从反驳奥斯丁的“法律命令说”着手,分别从内容、适用范围、起源模式这三个方面,分析了法律与以威胁为后盾的命令的不同。在此基础上,哈特提出了他著名的“法律规则说”,即把法...
此书的叙事风格,简直是反高潮的典范。它没有激昂的口号,没有热泪盈眶的案例,有的只是无穷无尽的、近乎枯燥的逻辑推演,然而正是这种枯燥,构建了一种令人信服的权威感。它像一部精密的德语哲学论著,每一个论点都建立在对前一个论点的审慎考察之上,不允许有丝毫情感的渗入。特别是当作者试图区分“什么是法律”与“什么是好的法律”时,那种冷静到近乎刻薄的区分,着实让人捏了一把汗。因为一旦接受了这种分离,我们似乎就放弃了用道德标准来直接审判法律有效性的权利,转而陷入了“合法性”与“正义性”的无休止的拉锯战。这种对概念的纯粹化处理,虽然在学术上令人肃然起敬,但在实际的社会应用中却让人感到一种深深的无力感——我们似乎被锁死在了一个既定的法律框架内,而这个框架本身却并不保证任何道德上的救赎。这本书的价值或许就在于,它强迫我们直面这种本体论上的困境,而不是用简单的道德良知来逃避。
评分读完这本著作,我感到一种智识上的疲惫,但这种疲惫却伴随着巨大的启迪。它不像那些鼓吹某种宏大叙事的法学著作那样试图为你描绘一个完美的法律乌托邦,反而像一位极其冷静的外科医生,用手术刀精准地切开法律系统的肌理,展示其内部的运作机制,无论这些机制看起来多么冷酷或偶然。我对其中关于“法律作为一套完整的体系”的批判印象尤为深刻,作者似乎在暗示,我们所执着的“体系性”和“完整性”,很大程度上是法律人为了维持自身专业地位而构建的一种叙事需要,而非客观事实。每一次面对疑难案件时,法官的裁决其实都带有强烈的“能动性”色彩,他们并非简单地“发现”法律,而是在既定框架内“创造”了特定的法律意义。这种对法律灰色地带的坦诚剖析,极大地削弱了传统法律裁决的神秘光环,将权力与解释的纠缠暴露无遗。它迫使我们以一种更怀疑、更审慎的目光去审视法庭上的每一个判决,思考那些被沉默的背景因素是如何悄无声息地影响了最终的法律正义。
评分从一个普通法律从业者的视角来看,这本书的价值在于提供了一种“元分析”的工具。我们每天都在运用法律,但很少有人真正停下来思考,我们所依赖的这套工具箱,其核心零件是如何被设计出来的。作者对“义务”、“权利”这些基础概念的追溯,极其耐人寻味。他没有满足于将它们视为理所当然的社会契约产物,而是深入挖掘了它们在法律体系内部的递归定义。这种层层剥离的分析,让那些原本以为自己掌握了法律精髓的人,突然发现自己只是站在了冰山一角。书中关于法律渊源的讨论,特别是在处理法律的“开放性结构”时,展现了极高的洞察力。法律并非一个封闭的、自洽的封闭系统,它必须面对不断变化的社会现实,并不断地通过其自身的规则来决定如何吸收外部的道德或社会压力。这种动态的、不断自我修正的视角,使得这本书在面对现代社会复杂性时,展现出惊人的解释力,远胜过那些僵化的教条主义。
评分我必须承认,阅读这本书的过程是一场智力上的耐力考验。它要求读者具备极高的专注度和对抽象概念的承受力。作者在行文中对传统法律思想家的批判和引用,体现了其深厚的学识背景,但这种深厚的背景有时也会转化为一种不易被初学者理解的“学术黑话”。然而,一旦跨越了早期的概念障碍,你会发现其核心论点是极其具有颠覆性的:法律的本质不是正义的宣言,而是一个成功的社会事实。这个“事实”通过一套可识别的程序和规则运作,其权威性来自于社会的接受和实践的一致性。这对于那些试图将法律视为神圣不可侵犯的道德命令的人来说,无疑是一个沉重的打击。这本书迫使我们去拥抱法律的世俗性、工具性和或然性。它不是一本提供慰藉的读物,而是一剂清醒剂,让我们认识到,我们所珍视的法律秩序,其根基可能比我们想象的要脆弱,但也正因如此,我们维护它的努力才显得尤为重要——不是因为它天生正确,而是因为它成为了我们维护秩序的共同工具。
评分这本《法律的概念》无疑为法律哲学领域投下了一枚深水炸弹,它以一种近乎解构的姿态,审视着我们习以为常的“法律”二字背后那些摇摇欲坠的假设。初读之下,我被作者那严密得令人窒息的逻辑链条所吸引,仿佛置身于一座由纯粹理性构建的迷宫之中。他毫不留情地撕开了自然法与法律实证主义之间那层薄薄的温情面纱,暴露了两者在本体论上的深刻鸿沟。尤其是在论述法律有效性的来源时,那种对规则的“承认行为”的强调,既精准又冷峻,让人不禁反思自己日常生活中对权威的盲目服从,究竟是出于道德义务,还是仅仅因为那套权力结构成功地将自身塑造成了“我们必须遵守”的集体幻觉。书中对“源头规则”(Rule of Recognition)的构建,与其说是提供了一个清晰的答案,不如说更像是一个精巧的哲学陷阱,它巧妙地将我们带到了一个不得不接受的立场:法律的本质或许并不在于其内在的道德正当性,而在于其社会实践中的可识别性和一致性。这种对法律现实主义倾向的精妙处理,使得该书超越了单纯的理论辩论,更像是一次对人类社会秩序构建方式的深刻社会学观察。
评分这一刻期待已久......????
评分之前读过法律出版社两位台湾学者的译作,读完原版后还是发现了不少翻译中存在的问题。Zum Beispiel, 两位台湾前辈将Primary Rule和Secondary Rule分别翻译为初级规则和次级规则,相对于原生规则和次生规则的翻译,后者更加符合Pro. Hart的原意。
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