Institutions of Law - An Essay in Legal Theory

Zusatztext MacCormick's general theory of law finds his most detailed expression in Institutions of Law. This book...is an elucidation of the concept of law as a kind of institutional normative order realised prominently...in the modern state. Informationen zum Autor The late Professor Sir Neil MacCormick was the Leverhulme Personal Research Professor and Regius Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations, the University of Edinburgh Klappentext Institutions of Law marks the long awaited definitive statement of Sir Neil MacCormick's distinctive theory of law as 'institutional normative order'. It takes account of recent developments in the sociology of law to provide a rigorous analysis of the role of law in our society and shows how law creates the conditions for social peace and a thriving economy. In doing so, Institutions of Law fills the need for a twenty-first century introduction to legal theory, such as was achieved in the last century by H.L.A. Hart's The Concept of Law. Zusammenfassung Offers an account of the nature of law and legal systems in the contemporary world. This book is written with a view to elucidating law, legal concepts and legal institutions in a manner that takes account of controversies but does not get bogged down in them. It takes account of developments in the sociology of law, particularly 'system theory'. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgements Part I: Norm, Institution and Order 1: On Normative Order 2: On Institutional Order 3: Law and the Constitutional State 4: A Problem: Rules or Habits? Part II: Legal Positions and Relations 5: On Persons 6: Wrongs and Duties 7: Rights and Obligations 8: Legal Relations and Things: Property 9: Legal Powers and Validity Part III: Law State and Civil Society 10: Powers and Public Law: Law and Politics 11: Constraints on Power: Fundamental Rights 12: Criminal Law and Civil Society: Law and Morality 13: Private Law and Civil Society: Law and Economy Part IV: Law, Value and Method 14: Positive Law and Moral Autonomy 15: On Law and Justice 16: Laws and Values: Reflections on Method ...

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• Authors: Neil MacCormick, Neil (Formerly Regius Professor of Pub Maccormick, MacCormick Neil
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.01.2007
• EAN: 9780198267911
• ISBN: 978-0-19-826791-1
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Law, State, and Practical Reason; Law, State, and Practical Reas
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