Joseph Raz

Joseph Raz FBA
Raz in 2009
Born	(1939-03-21)21 March 1939 Mandatory Palestine
Died	2 May 2022(2022-05-02) (aged 83) London, England
Alma mater	Hebrew University of Jerusalem Balliol College, Oxford
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Legal positivism Perfectionist liberalism
Main interests	Legal and political philosophy
Notable ideas	Perfectionist liberalism
Influences H. L. A. Hart, Hans Kelsen, Peter Hacker
Influenced John Gardner, Leslie Green, Matthew Kramer, Timothy Endicott, Scott J. Shapiro

Joseph Raz FBA (/rɑːz/; Hebrew: יוסף רז; 21 March 1939 – 2 May 2022) was an Israeli philosopher. He was one of the most well known supporters of legal positivism. He was a professor of philosophy of law at the University of Oxford. He was also a professor of law at Columbia University and a part-time professor at King's College London.^[1]

Raz died on 2 May 2022 at a hospital in London, England at the age of 83.^[2]

1. ↑ "josephnraz". Retrieved 3 February 2017.
2. ↑ "Regine, Unrevealed Story of Philosopher Joseph Raz's Sudden Death". Archived from the original on 2022-05-02. Retrieved 2022-05-02.