RULES OF CHANGE
rules of change.In the legal theory of H.L.A. Hart, the fundamental rules by which a legal
system’s other rules are altered. • In Hart’s theory, a legal system’s primary rules are subject to
identification and change by secondary rules. Among those rules are “rules of change,” which
prescribe how laws are altered or repealed. Cf. RULE OF RECOGNITION. [Blacks Law 8th]