The Province of Jurisprudence Determined

The Province of Jurisprudence Determined is a work by legal philosopher H.L.A. Hart that explores the scope and nature of legal theory. It discusses which questions about law are proper for scholars and which are outside their purview, emphasizing that the study of law should focus on understanding legal systems, rules, and principles rather than moral or political debates. Essentially, it delineates the boundaries of legal scholarship, clarifying what aspects of law can be meaningfully analyzed as a systematic discipline, and helps differentiate legal analysis from other forms of social or moral criticism.