Jurisprudence, also known as legal theory or legal science, is the philosophy of law. As a field of knowledge, it applies philosophical methods to legal questions, such as what the law is or how it ou
A gavel and court minutes from 1861–1862, symbolic of legal decisions.
Herbert Lionel Adolphus Hart was a British legal philosopher. One of the most influential legal theorists of the 20th century, he was instrumental in the development of the theory of legal positivism,
Hart standing at the entrance to New College, Oxford
Grave of H. L. A. Hart at the Wolvercote Cemetery in Oxford