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    The document provides the required reading and preparation for a seminar on the philosophy of law to be held on Thursday 20 January (week 13). Students are asked to read Chapter 1 of H.L.A. Hart's book "The Concept of Law" as well as conduct their own research, and be prepared to discuss 5 questions relating to theories of language by J.L. Austin and P.F. Strawson and Hart's view of law as descriptive sociology.

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    LW540: The Philosophy of Law.

    Seminar work: Thursday 20 January (week 13).

    Required Reading/Preparation:

    1. H.L.A. Hart, The Concept of Law, 2nd edition (OUP; Oxford, 1994), Preface,
    Editors’ Note, and Chapter 1.

    2. Your own research.

    Seminar Questions:

    1. Who are J.L. Austin & P.F. Strawson?


    2. With what theory of language is Austin associated?
    3. With what theory of language is Strawson associated
    4. What is the difference between habitual convergence in social behaviour and
    rule-following behaviour?
    5. What do you think Hart means where he says that his book ‘may also be
    regarded as an essay in descriptive sociology’?

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