An Analysis Of Lon Fuller’s Inner Morality Of Law

M. Srisha, BBA LLB, Alliance School of Law

ABSTRACT

This chapter examines one of the most significant works of jurisprudence written in the 20th century, Lon L. Fuller's The Morality of Law. A variety of political theorists and social scientists, as well as legal philosophers, have been impacted by Fuller's explanation of the rule of law and its relationship to morality. The background that led to the publication of The Morality of Law is discussed in this chapter, with special attention to Fuller's reaction to Hart's in 1956 legal positivism lecture at Harvard Law School. It also addresses The publication of Morality of Law's in 1964 , which outlines eight "principles of legality": generality, promulgation, non-retroactive laws, clarity, lack of contradictions, non-impossible laws, consistency of the law through time, and congruence between the official action and declared rule.