2026 H. L. A. Hart: Law Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Law	35	154	15	98	27224

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Law

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Overview

H. L. A. Hart was affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research focused primarily on the intersection of health professions and law, with a documented emphasis on general health professions. Their academic contributions spanned topics involving health, medicine, society, criminal law and evidence, as well as historical and scientific studies.

The scientist published extensively in the venue Classiques Garnier, contributing to 14 publications there, with additional work appearing in The American Journal of Jurisprudence. Their research papers often tackled legal and moral philosophy themes within health-related contexts.

Recent papers by H. L. A. Hart included:

I. Évolution des conceptions de la responsabilité (2021), Classiques Garnier
II. Us et abus du recours aux exemples (2021), Classiques Garnier
III. Dépasser les limites de l'analyse utilitariste (2021), Classiques Garnier
Conclusion (2021), Classiques Garnier
I. La mise en œuvre de la morale par le droit (2021), Classiques Garnier

Their research covered several fields of study, including:

Health Professions

Within these fields, notable subfields addressed were:

General Health Professions
Law
Pathology and Forensic Medicine

Main topics of H. L. A. Hart's work included:

Health, Medicine and Society
Criminal Law and Evidence
Historical and Scientific Studies

Best Publications

The Concept of Law

Herbert Lionel Adolphus Hart

6495
Citations
Punishment and Responsibility: Essays in the Philosophy of Law

H. L. A. Hart

5207
Citations
Positivism and the Separation of Law and Morals

H. L. A. Hart

1752
Citations
Are There Any Natural Rights

H. L. A. Hart

1629
Citations
Causation in the law

Herbert Lionel Adolphus Hart;Tony Honoré

1108
Citations
Punishment and responsibility

H L.A. Hart

1040
Citations
An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation

J. H. Burns;H. L. A. Hart;Jeremy Bentham

998
Citations
Law, Liberty, and Morality

H. L. A. Hart

654
Citations
The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham: An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation

Unknown

437
Citations
Essays in jurisprudence and philosophy

H. L. A. Hart

423
Citations
XI.—The Ascription of Responsibility and Rights

Unknown

336
Citations
Essays on BenthamJurisprudence and Political Philosophy

Unknown

314
Citations
I: Justice

Unknown

270
Citations
Rawls on Liberty and Its Priority

H. L. A. Hart

269
Citations
Of laws in general

Jeremy Bentham;H. L. A. Hart

201
Citations
Definition and Theory in Jurisprudence

H. L. A. Hart

199
Citations
Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought

Jeremy Bentham;J.H. Burns;H.L.A. Hart;Ross Harrison

184
Citations
Essays on Bentham : studies in jurisprudence and political theory

H. L. A. Hart

147
Citations
Essays on Bentham: Jurisprudence and Political Theory

Gerald J. Postema;H. L. A. Hart

113
Citations
Prolegomenon to the Principles of Punishment

H. L. A. Hart

112
Citations
Law, morality, and society : essays in honour of H.L.A. Hart

H. L. A. Hart;P. M. S. Hacker;Joseph Raz

109
Citations
Commands and Authoritative Legal Reasons

H. L. A. Hart

68
Citations
Crime and the criminal law

H. L. A. Hart;Barbara Wootton

64
Citations
NEGLIGENCE, MENS REA, AND CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY

H. L. A. Hart

37
Citations
Punishment and Responsibility

Robert S. Summers;H. L. A. Hart

37
Citations
Analytical Jurisprudence in Mid-Twentieth Century: A Reply to Professor Bodenheimer

H. L. A. Hart

36
Citations
Self-referring Laws

H. L. A. Hart

33
Citations
Kelsen's Doctrine of the Unity of Law

H. L. A. Hart

29
Citations
Problems of the Philosophy of Law

H. L. A. Hart

27
Citations
Issues in Contemporary Legal Philosophy: The Influence of H.L.A. Hart

H. L. A. Hart;Ruth Gavison

24
Citations
POSTSCRIPT: RESPONSIBILITY AND RETRIBUTION

H. L. A. Hart

22
Citations
Lon L. Fuller: The Morality of Law

H. L. A. Hart

18
Citations
Legal Duty and Obligation

H. L. A. Hart

16
Citations
Legal Responsibility and Excuses

H.L.A. Hart

13
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeremy Bentham University College London

Peter M. S. Hacker University of Oxford

Joseph Raz King's College London

External Links

Wikipedia of H. L. A. Hart Personal website of H. L. A. Hart

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