PHL271H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: H. L. A. Hart, Ronald Dworkin
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Ha(cid:396)t: ha(cid:271)it (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t a(cid:272)(cid:272)ou(cid:374)t fo(cid:396) the pe(cid:396)siste(cid:374)(cid:272)e of la(cid:449)s lo(cid:374)g afte(cid:396) (cid:373)ake(cid:396) has pe(cid:396)ished. Ha(cid:396)t"s (cid:396)epl(cid:455): the idea of a ta(cid:272)it (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)a(cid:374)d is just as (cid:373)u(cid:272)h a p(cid:396)oblem here as before. Criticism 5: the legally unlimited nature of the sovereign. Austi(cid:374)"s (cid:396)epl(cid:455): is the(cid:396)e a legall(cid:455) u(cid:374)li(cid:373)ited so(cid:448)e(cid:396)eig(cid:374) (cid:271)ehi(cid:374)d legislatu(cid:396)e? (cid:894)ie. e(cid:374)gla(cid:374)d(cid:895) Ha(cid:396)t"s (cid:272)ou(cid:374)te(cid:396)a(cid:396)gu(cid:373)e(cid:374)t: this (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s that (cid:373)ost ppl o(cid:271)e(cid:455) the(cid:373)sel(cid:448)es. During the transition of power, there will be no law. There are rules that bridge the transition from one lawgiver to another. Can these rules, rights, or offices be understood in terms of habits of obedience to general orders: hart: no! New sets of elements introduced re(cid:454) i"s o(cid:396)de(cid:396)s (cid:449)e(cid:396)e ha(cid:271)ituall(cid:455) o(cid:271)e(cid:455)ed. Hla hart: the concept of law (chapters 5-6) Secondary = create powers and authorities no obligations created: 1) rules of recognition, 2) rules of change, 3) rules of adjudication. Rules of recognition (enforced by social pressures) most impt of secondary rules.
