The Postscript to 'The Concept of Law' contains Herbert Hart's only sustained and considered response to the objections made by his distinguished critic, Ronald Dworkin. In this extraordinary collection, an array of leading legal philosophers evaluates the success of Hart's response to Dworkin.

• Introduction


• 1: Joseph Raz: Two Views of the Nature of The Theory of Law: A Partial Comparison


• 2: Timothy Endicott: Herbert Hart and the Semantic Sting


• 3: Nicos Stavropoulos: Hart's Semantics


• 4: Jules L. Coleman: Incorporationism, Conventionality and the Practical Difference Thesis


• 5: Scott Shapiro: Hart's Way Out


• 6: Andrei Marmor: Legal Conventionalism


• 7: Benjamin Zipursky: The Model of Social Facts


• 8: Kenneth Himma: Law's Claim of Legitimate Authority


• 9: Stephen Perry: Hart's Methodological Positivism


• 10: Brian Leiter: Realism, Hart Positivism, and Conceptual Analysis


• 12: Jeremy Waldron: Normative (or Ethical) Positivism


• Index

Jules Coleman is Professor of Law at Yale Law School