Books written by Neil MacCormick
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Rhetoric and The Rule of Law: A Theory of Legal Reasoning
Jackson argues that this model of legal reasoning necessarily presupposes that the terms in the major premiss must refer inthesamewayas, and havethe same referenceas, the terms inthe minorpremiss. Butthis isnota sustainable thesis on ...
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Legal Right and Social Democracy: Essays in Legal and Political Philosophy
Legal Right and Social Democracy: Essays in Legal and Political Philosophy
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Legal Reasoning and Legal Theory
Its clarity of explanation and argument make this classic legal text readily accessible to lawyers, philosophers, and any general reader interested in legal processes, human reasoning, or practical logic.
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A Theory of Legal Argumentation: The Theory of Rational Discourse as Theory of Legal Justification
The result is a theory of general practical discourse which rests on insights of both Anglo-Saxon and German philosophy. It forms the basis of the theory of rational legal discourse, which is developed in the third part of this book.
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Institutions of Law: An EsSay in Legal Theory
Institutions of Law offers an original account of the nature of law and legal systems in the contemporary world.
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Practical Reason in Law and Morality
This text offers a clear account of the philosophy of practical reason in ethics and legal theory.
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Who's Afraid of a European Constitution?
In the working legal order of the EU, the powers of the ECJ do not in fact lie solely on the single basis of judicial selfassertion. The other relevant agencies and institutions have accepted thesedecisions and acted inthe spiritof them ...
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Practical Reason in Law and Morality
How is this final question transposed into law and legal commitments? This book explores these questions, vital to understanding the nature of law and morality.
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Questioning Sovereignty: Law, State and Practical Reason
Questioning Sovereignty: Law, State and Practical Reason
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Legal Reasoning and Legal Theory
Its clarity of explanation and argument make this classic legal text readily accessible to lawyers, philosophers, and any general reader interested in legal processes, human reasoning, or practical logic.
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Legal Reasoning (Vol. 2)
This Major Reference series brings together a wide range of key international articles in law and legal theory. Many of these essays are not readily accessible, and their presentation in...
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Law and Legal Interpretation
This title was first published in 2003. Leading contemporary essays on interpretation are assembled in this volume, which offsets them against a small number of "classical" works from earlier periods.
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Rhetoric and the Rule of Law: A Theory of Legal Reasoning
"There are always problems of relevancy, classification, or interpretation in relation to both facts and law. In justifying conclusions about such problems, reasoning has to be universalistic and yet fully...
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Practical Reason in Law and Morality
Incentives and reasons -- Values and human nature -- Right and wrong -- Questions of trust -- Autonomy and freedom -- Obedience, freedom, and engagement : or utility?