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Most cited Anglophone books in philosophy of law over the last century

I list all those with at least 1,500 citations (rounded to nearest 100 as usual), since numbers drop off more quickly here (philosophy of law is a lower citation field than political philosophy).

  1. H.L.A Hart, The Concept of Law, 28,000
  2. Ronald Dworkin, Taking Rights Seriously, 26,300
  3. Ronald Dworkin, Law’s Empire, 12,800
  4. John Finnis, Natural Law and Natural Rights, 10,800
  5. Lon Fuller, The Morality of Law, 9,900
  6. H.L.A. Hart, Punishment and Responsibility, 6,200
  7. Joseph Raz, The Authority of Law, 5,300
  8. Jeremy Waldron, Law and Disagreement, 4,700
  9. Joseph Raz, Practical Reason and Norms, 4,100
  10. H.L.A. Hart & Tony Honore, Causation in the Law, 3,800
  11. H.L.A. Hart, Law, Liberty and Morality, 3,400
  12. Frederick Schauer, Playing by the Rules, 2,700
  13. Allen Buchanan: Justice, Legitimacy, and Self-Determination: Moral Foundations of International Law, 2,500
  14. Joel Feinberg, Harm to Others, 2,300
  15. Ernest Weinrib, The Idea of Private Law, 2,300
  16. Jeremy Waldron, The Harm in Hate Speech, 2,000
  17. Joel Feinberg, Doing and Deserving, 1,800
  18. Joel Feinberg, Harm to Self, 1,700
  19. Michael S. Moore, Placing Blame: A Theory of Criminal Law, 1,700
  20. Joseph Raz, The Concept of a Legal System, 1,700
  21. Jules Coleman, Risks and Wrongs, 1,500
  22. H.L.A. Hart, Essays in Jurisprudence and Philosophy, 1,500
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