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 presents the definitive statement of Sir Neil MacCormick's celebrated 'institutional' theory of law! defining law as 'institutional normative order' and explaining each of these three terms in depth. It provides a fresh and engaging introduction to legal theory! ideal for students new to the subject. Zusammenfassung Institutions of Law presents the definitive statement of Sir Neil MacCormick's celebrated 'institutional' theory of law, defining law as 'institutional normative order' and explaining each of these three terms in depth. It provides a fresh and engaging introduction to legal theory, ideal for students new to the subject. 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: Maccormick, Neil MacCormick, Neil (Formerly Regius Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations MacCormick, The Late Neil Maccormick, MacCormick Neil
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.02.2008
• EAN: 9780199535439
• ISBN: 978-0-19-953543-9
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 234 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Law, State, and Practical Reason; Law, State, and Practical Reason
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous; England, Wales, Social Theory, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, LAW / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political science and theory, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, Wales / Cymru