Hart shows this by a straightfor ward analysis of our concept of obligation.
Hart's argument does not require him to hold that law actually creates an obligation in any metaphysical or moral sense.
Hart thought he could articulate law's necessar y and sufficient conditions without making any claims about the moral justification of legal systems or legal rules.
Hart argued that only judges need take the internal point of view.
Hart also argued that we should not attribute to law any more specific function than the guidance of conduct. 11.
Hart, supra note 73, at 244 (emphasis added). 79.
Hart is quite explicit that he thinks it coherent to conceive of a legal system that lacks any or all such content.
Hart could continue to subscribe to the inclusive legal positivism without fear of incoherence.
