Hart-Dworkin debate
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The Hart–Dworkin debate is a debate in legal philosophy between Herbert Hart and Ronald Dworkin
. At the heart of the debate lies a Dworkinian critique of Hartian legal positivism
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Ronald Dworkin
Ronald Myles Dworkin, QC, FBA is an American philosopher and scholar of constitutional law. He is Frank Henry Sommer Professor of Law and Philosophy at New York University and Emeritus Professor of Jurisprudence at University College London, and has taught previously at Yale Law School and the...
. At the heart of the debate lies a Dworkinian critique of Hartian legal positivism
Legal positivism
Legal positivism is a school of thought of philosophy of law and jurisprudence, largely developed by nineteenth-century legal thinkers such as Jeremy Bentham and John Austin. However, the most prominent figure in the history of legal positivism is H.L.A...
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