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Institutions of Law by Neil MacCormick, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

From Neil MacCormick

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Institutions of Law by Neil MacCormick, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters
Institutions of Law by Neil MacCormick, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

From Neil MacCormick

Institutions of Law by Neil MacCormick, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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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 thesethree 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. It is written with a view to elucidating law, legal concepts and legal institutions in a manner that takes account of current scholarly controversies but does not get bogged down in them. It shows how law relates to the state and civil society, establishing the conditions of social peace and afunctioning economy. In so doing, it takes account of recent developments in the sociology of law, particularly 'system theory'. It also seeks to clarify the nature of claims to 'knowledge of law' and thus indicate the possibility of legal studies having a genuinely 'scientific' character. It showsthat there is an essential value-orientation of all work of this kind, so that valid analytical jurisprudence not merely need not, but cannot, be 'positivist' as that term has come to be understood. Nevertheless it is explained why law and morality are genuinely distinct by virtue of the positivecharacter of law contrasted with the autonomy that is foundational for morality. | Institutions of Law by Neil MacCormick, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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