| Description |
xvi, 317 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Law, state, and practical reason |
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Law, state, and practical reason.
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| Contents |
On normative order -- On institutional order-- Law and the constitutional state -- A problem : rules or habits? -- On persons -- Wrongs and duties -- Legal positions and relations : rights and obligations -- Legal relations and things : property -- Legal powers and validity -- Powers and public law : law and politics -- Constraints on power : fundamental rights -- Criminal law and civil society : law and morality -- Private law and civil society : law and economy -- Positive law and moral autonomy -- On law and justice -- Law and values : reflections on method |
| Summary |
"Institutions of Law offers an original account of the nature of law and legal systems in the contemporary world. It provides the definitive statement of Sir Neil MacCormick's well-known 'institutional theory of law', defining law as 'institutional normative order' and explaining each of these three terms in depth. It attempts to fulfil the need for a twenty-first century introduction to legal theory marking a fresh start such as was achieved in the last century by H. L. A. Hart's The Concept of Law."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Legal positivism.
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| LC no. |
2006033081 |
| ISBN |
9780198267911 hardback alkaline paper |
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