Background
MacCormick, Neil was born on May 27, 1941 in Glasgow, Scotland. Son of John MacDonald and Margaret Isobel (Miller) MacC.
(Institutions of Law marks the long awaited definitive sta...)
Institutions of Law marks the long awaited definitive statement of Sir Neil MacCormick's distinctive theory of law as 'institutional normative order'. It takes account of recent developments in the sociology of law to provide a rigorous analysis of the role of law in our society and shows how law creates the conditions for social peace and a thriving economy. In doing so, Institutions of Law fills the need for a twenty-first century introduction to legal theory, such as was achieved in the last century by H.L.A. Hart's The Concept of Law.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0198267916/?tag=2022091-20
(This study focuses on current jurisprudential debate betw...)
This study focuses on current jurisprudential debate between the "positivist" views of Herbert Hart and the "rights thesis" of Ronald Dworkin. MacCormick provides a critical analysis of the Dworkin position while also modifying Hart's. It stands firmly on its own as a contribution to an extensive literature.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0198760809/?tag=2022091-20
(This work is a controversial collection of interrelated p...)
This work is a controversial collection of interrelated papers investigating and arguing about issues of concern to lawyers and politicians today. MacCormick combines a scholarly concern with leading thinkers such as John Locke, Lord Stair, Adam Smith and David Hume, John Rawls, Ronald Dworkin, and Patrick Atiyah, and stringently argued view of questions of political obligation, civil liberty, and legal rights.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0198255020/?tag=2022091-20
(This book discusses theories of legal reasoning and provi...)
This book discusses theories of legal reasoning and provides an overall view of the rhetoric of legal justification. It shows how and why lawyers arguments can be rationally persuasive even though rarely, if ever, logically conclusive or compelling. It examines the role of "legal syllogism" and universality of legal reasoning, looking at arguments of consequentialism and principle, and concludes by questioning the infallibility of judges as lawmakers.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0198268785/?tag=2022091-20
broadcaster law educator writer
MacCormick, Neil was born on May 27, 1941 in Glasgow, Scotland. Son of John MacDonald and Margaret Isobel (Miller) MacC.
Master of Arts, University Glasgow, 1963. Bachelor, Balliol College, Oxford University, England, 1965. Master of Arts, Balliol College, Oxford University, England, 1969.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Edinburg, 1982. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Uppsala, Sweden, 1986. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University The Saarland, Germany, 1994.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1995.
Lecturer jurisprudence University St. Andrews, Scotland, 1965-1967. Fellow, tutor in jurisprudence Balliol College, 1967-1972. Lecturer law Oxford University, 1968-1972.
Regius professor public law University Edinburgh, 1972—2008, dean faculty of law, 1973-1976, 85-88, provost law & social sciences, 1993-1997, Leverhulme research professor, 1997—1999, 2004—2008. Member Economic and Social Research Council, United Kingdom, 1995-2008, Convention on the Future of Europe, 2002-2003.
(Institutions of Law marks the long awaited definitive sta...)
(This work is a controversial collection of interrelated p...)
(This study focuses on current jurisprudential debate betw...)
(This book discusses theories of legal reasoning and provi...)
(Book by MacCormick, N., Weinberger, Ota)
Fellow British Academy, Royal Society Edinburgh. Member Finnish Academy of Sciences (foreign). Member Academia Europaea.
Married Caroline Rona Barr, November 6, 1965 (divorced 1992). Children: Janet, Morag, Sheena. Married Flora Margaret Milne, June 12, 1992.