Institutions of Law

Produktbeschreibung

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 

Autoreninfo

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.