Judges, social rules and the Constitution : an empirical inquiry into the foundations of South African law

This thesis examines whether HLA Hart's theory of the nature of law has explanatory power for the South African legal system. The thesis discusses and elaborates on the empirical conditions necessary for the existence of the master rule of recognition that Hart posits as the foundation of every...

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Main Author: Friedman, Nicholas
Other Authors: Galligan, Denis
Published: University of Oxford 2017
Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.748898