Institutions of Law
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.
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Institutions of Law
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.
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Institutions of Law

Institutions of Law

by Neil MacCormick
Institutions of Law

Institutions of Law

by Neil MacCormick

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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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780198267911
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 02/14/2007
Series: Law, State, and Practical Reason
Pages: 336
Product dimensions: 9.30(w) x 6.10(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

The late Neil MacCormick, formerly Regius Professor Emeritus of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations in the University of Edinburgh

Table of Contents

PrefaceAcknowledgementsPart I: Norm, Institution and Order1. On Normative Order2. On Institutional Order3. Law and the Constitutional State4. A Problem: Rules or Habits?Part II: Legal Positions and Relations5. On Persons6. Wrongs and Duties7. Rights and Obligations8. Legal Relations and Things: Property9. Legal Powers and ValidityPart III: Law State and Civil Society10. Powers and Public Law: Law and Politics11. Constraints on Power: Fundamental Rights12. Criminal Law and Civil Society: Law and Morality13. Private Law and Civil Society: Law and EconomyPart IV: Law, Value and Method14. Positive Law and Moral Autonomy15. On Law and Justice16. Laws and Values: Reflections on Method
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