... criticisms flow is that in representing law as consisting of rules, the picture that Hart draws is defective because it ignores the existence and significance of another form of legal standard - principles, which play an important and distinctive part in legal reasoning and adjudication2. However Hart points to the fact other critics that have found the very same, have ruled it as 'a more or less isolated fault'3 which can be easily repaired by the inclusion of legal principles alongside his legal rules as components of the legal system. Hart claims that he could do this without any serious consequences for his theory as a whole, and agrees that it is a flaw in his book that he only manages to touch upon principles4. This admission by Hart shows that he is willing to accept criticism when it logical and thus willing to adapt changes. Logic is the key element ...

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