Institutions of law : an essay in legal theory / Neil MacCormick.
| Author/creator | MacCormick, Neil |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. |
| Description | xvi, 317 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Essay in legal theory |
| Series | Law, state, and practical reason Law, state, and practical reason. ^A714350 |
| 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. |
| General note | Series statement on jacket. |
| General note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2006033081 |
| ISBN | 9780198267911 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0198267916 (hardback : alk. paper) |