TY - BOOK AU - MacCormick,Neil TI - Institutions of law: an essay in legal theory T2 - Law, state, and practical reason SN - 9780191714832 AV - K331 .I578 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Legal positivism KW - Jurisprudence KW - Law KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b N2 - Offering an account of the nature of law and legal systems in the contemporary world, this book is written with a view to elucidating law, legal concepts and legal institutions in a manner that takes account of controversies but does not get bogged down in them UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=663628&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -