The Controversy About the Essence of Law: A Dispute Between Hart and Dworkin (original) (raw)
2012, Indonesia Law Review
Does.the.law.merely.contain.rules?.Or.does.it.also.include.morality?.The.debate. between. H.L.A.. Hart. and. Ronald. Dworkin. revolved. around. this. very. issue.. Hart.considered.the.law.is.nothing.more.than.a.set.of.rules.whereas.Dworkin. believed.that.the.law.contains.not.only.the.rules.but.also.principles.which.are. morality.and.justice..This.paper.is.trying.to.explore.the.issue.of.the.relationship. of.law.and.morality.in.the.context.of.this.debate.between.Hart.and.Dworkin..The. debate.itself.is.very.significant.in.the.study.of.law..Following.their.arguments. we.can.learn.a.lot.about.how.the.law.should.be.understood.and.practiced..By. listening.to.their.whole.debate.we.will.also.know.that.Hart's.positivistic.thought. and. Dworkin's. tendency. towards. the. natural. law. are. not. mutually. negating.. Hart.Positivism.is.not.anti-morality..It.is.precisely.through.positivism.which.he. defended.Hart.aims.at.safeguarding.the.law.by.morality;.whereas.Dworkin.has. shown.what.had.previously.forgotten.by.the.legal.positivistic.way.of.thinking,. that.is.moral.principles.are.integral.parts.of.the.law.
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