Bücher von Neil (Formerly Regius Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations MacCormick

Offers 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. It takes account of developments in the sociology of law, particularly 'system theory'.

This is a controversial work of applied legal theory, addressing urgent contemporary questions about law and the State, about the character of the UK as a state, and about the juridical character of the European Union in its relationship with the member states of the Union.