Concept

Hart–Fuller debate

Overview

The Hart–Fuller debate is an exchange between the American law professor Lon L. Fuller and his English counterpart H. L. A. Hart, published in the Harvard Law Review in 1958 on morality and law, which demonstrated the divide between the positivist and natural law philosophy. Hart took the positivist view in arguing that morality and law were separate. Fuller's reply argued for morality as the source of law's binding power.

Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).

Philosophers who discussed Hart–Fuller debate

• Lon L. Fuller

Related ideas

• Hans Kelsen
• Jurisprudence
• Natural law
• Legal positivism
• H. L. A. Hart
• John Austin (legal philosopher)
• Gustav Radbruch
• Lon L. Fuller

Place in the tradition

Part of Jurisprudence.

Explore Hart–Fuller debate in the interactive graph →