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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Neil MacCormick (Formerly Regius Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations, Formerly Regius Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations, Edinburgh University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 24.20cm Weight: 0.464kg ISBN: 9780198268765ISBN 10: 0198268769 Pages: 222 Publication Date: 14 October 1999 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: The Legal Framework: Institutional Normative Order 2: The State and the Law 3: The Interest of the State and the Rule of Law 4: The United Kingdom: What State? What Constitution? 5: The Benthamite Constitution: Decline and Fall? 6: A Very British Revolution? 7: Juridical Pluralism and the Risk of Constitutional Conflict 8: On Sovereignty and Post-Sovereignty 9: Democracy and Subsidiarity in the European Environment 10: Some Questions of Freedom 11: A Kind of Nationality 12: New Unions for OldReviews`... mature and considered ...' Scottish Affairs, No. 32, Summer 2000 `What MacCormick does is useful for political scientists in that he aptly attends to the detail of germane legal argument.' Preston King, Political Studies, Vol.49, No.1, `What is crucially probed throughout is the tenability and continuing relevance of the 'traditional' doctrine of sovereignty.' Preston King, Political Studies, Vol.49, No.1, `This is a colleciton of essays by one of the most eminent legal theorists at work in the UK today. He has a nimbleness and acuity which never fail to please and impress.' Preston King, Political Studies, Vol.49, No.1, `One disadvantage of independence for Scotland, were it to happen, would the the loss to us of Britain's most accomplished and versatile legal theorist, Neil MacCormick.' Geoffrey Marshall, TLS, 24/3/00. `ingenious and fairly presented arguments.' Geoffrey Marshall, TLS, 24/3/00. an outstanding book which exhibits both the author's familiar and enviable intellectual qualities and the publisher's high production standards ... a very fine collection ... more than a worthy addition to the literature ... essential reading for those seeking a comprehensive understanding of where Britain now is and where - and in what guise - it might be going. ... many characteristically acute MacCormickian insights ... his juxtaposition of Defoe and Dicey views of the Union of 1707 puts the matter with a precision and a force rarely if ever equalled in the literature. Law Quarterly Review April 2001 Britain's most accomplished and versatile legal theorist, Neil MacCormick. Geoffrey Marshall, TLS ingenious and fairly presented arguments Geoffrey Marshall, TLS Author InformationThe late Neil MacCormick was Leverhulme Research Professor and Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations in the University of Edinburgh Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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