A life of H.L.A. Hart : the nightmare and the noble dream
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A life of H.L.A. Hart : the nightmare and the noble dream
Oxford University Press, 2006
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"First published 2004"
Includes bibliographical references (p. [394]-403) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Shortlisted for the 2005 British Academy Book prize, Nicola Lacey's entrancing biography recounts the life of H.L.A. Hart, the pre-eminent legal philosopher of the twentieth century. Following Hart's life from modest origins as the son of Jewish tailor parents in Yorkshire to worldwide fame as the most influential English-speaking legal theorist of the post-War era, the book traces his successive metamorphoses; from Yorkshire schoolboy to Oxford scholar, from
government intelligence officer to Professor of Jurisprudence, from awkward batchelor to family figurehead.
In the tradition of Ray Monk's biography of Wittgenstein, Nicola Lacey paints an absorbing picture of intellectual and psychological development, of a mind struggling to cope with intellectual self-doubt, uncertain sexuality, a difficult marriage and an anti-semitic society. In depicting the evolution of Hart's life and mind, Lacey provides a vivid recreation of both the intellectual and social climate of Oxford in the post-War era.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of Illustrations
- Biographer's Note on Approach and Sources
- Introduction: An Outsider on the Inside
- I NORTH AND SOUTH
- 1. Harrogate, Cheltenham, Bradford
- 2. An Oxford Scholar
- 3. Success Snatched from Defeat: London and the Bar
- II CHANGE AND CONTINUITY
- 4. Jenifer
- 5. From the Inns of Court to Military Intelligence: MI5, Marriage, and Fatherhood
- 6. Oxford from the Other Side of the Fence
- III THE GOLDEN AGE
- 7. Selling Philosophy to the Lawyers: The Chair of Jurisprudence
- 8. American Jurisprudence through English Eyes: Harvard 1956 - 7
- 9. Law in the Perspective of Philosophy: Causation in the Law, The Concept of Law
- 10. West and East, California and Israel: Law, Liberty, and Morality
- Kelsen Visited
- The Morality of the Criminal Law
- 11. Discipline, Punishment, and Responsibility
- IV AFTER THE CHAIR
- 12. Old Turks and Young Fogeys: Bentham and Brasenose
- 13. The Nightmare and the Noble Dream
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Biographical Details of Figures Appearing in the Book
- Index
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