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Title MacCormick's Scotland / edited by Neil Walker.

Publication Info. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Edinburgh studies in law ; v. 10
Edinburgh studies in law ; v. 10.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary This book analyses in depth the distinctively Scottish themes in the work of Sir Neil MacCormick, the world-renowned legal philosopher and prominent Scottish public intellectual who died in 2009 after holding the Regius Chair in Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations at Edinburgh University for 36 years. MacCormick's work, and works about MacCormick, attract both a domestic and an international audience. Readers will gain an understanding of how MacCormick's Scottish roots, interests and commitments coloured his work - both his distinctively Scottish writings and the overall intellectual outlook that informed his broader legal and philosophical writings. The book provides a well rounded appreciation of the Scottish dimension in MacCormick's thinking and writing. It focuses on a number of prominent Scottish themes in MacCormick's work and life and is structured around four key themes: 1) the nature and identity of a legal system; 2) sovereignty, European integration and Scottish independence; 3) the legacy of the legal and political thought of the Scottish enlightenment; and 4) the role of the academic in the Scottish public sphere. Key Features:* Edited by Neil Walker - a highly respected scholar and thinker, and a prolific writer who has edited many excellent collections of essays.* The editor succeeded MacCormick in the Regius Chair and all of the contributors are closely acquainted with MacCormick the man and the scholar.* The first book to examine MacCormick through a distinctly Scottish lens.
Contents Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Enlightened Scots; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; What's in a Legal System; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Sovereignty and Beyond; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; The Scottish Public Intellectual; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Afterword; Chapter 11; Index.
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Subject MacCormick, Neil -- Criticism and interpretation.
MacCormick, Neil.
Criticism and interpretation.
MacCormick, Neil -- Influence.
MacCormick, Neil.
Law -- Scotland.
Law.
Scotland.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Subject Law.
Added Author Walker, Neil, 1960-
ISBN 9780748643813 (electronic book)
0748643818 (electronic book)
1280770732
9781280770739