A Life of H.L.A. Hart

Nicola Lacey is Professor of Criminal Law, at the London School of Economics, and Adjunct Professor of Social and Political Theory, at the Research School of Social Sciences of the Australian National University.

• Acknowledgements ; List of Illustrations ; Biographer's Note on Approach and Sources ; Introduction: An Outsider on the Inside ; I NORTH AND SOUTH ; 1. Harrogate, Cheltenham, Bradford ; 2. An Oxford Scholar ; 3. Success Snatched from Defeat: London and the Bar ; II CHANGE AND CONTINUITY ; 4. Jenifer ; 5. From the Inns of Court to Military Intelligence: MI5, Marriage, and Fatherhood ; 6. Oxford from the Other Side of the Fence ; III THE GOLDEN AGE ; 7. Selling Philosophy to the Lawyers: The Chair of Jurisprudence ; 8. American Jurisprudence through English Eyes: Harvard 1956 - 7 ; 9. Law in the Perspective of Philosophy: Causation in the Law, The Concept of Law ; 10. West and East, California and Israel: Law, Liberty, and Morality; Kelsen Visited; The Morality of the Criminal Law ; 11. Discipline, Punishment, and Responsibility ; IV AFTER THE CHAIR ; 12. Old Turks and Young Fogeys: Bentham and Brasenose ; 13. The Nightmare and the Noble Dream ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Biographical Details of Figures Appearing in the Book ; Index

Overall this is an outstanding biography of a fascinating personality which will appeal to readers interested in Hart, jurisprudence or Oxford academic life.