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Neil MacCormick
Researcher at University of Edinburgh
Publications - 121
Citations - 4041
Neil MacCormick is an academic researcher from University of Edinburgh. The author has contributed to research in topics: Philosophy of law & Jurisprudence. The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 121 publications receiving 3883 citations. Previous affiliations of Neil MacCormick include Valparaiso University & University of Notre Dame.
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Legal Reasoning and Legal Theory
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine what makes an argument in a law case good or bad, and can legal decisions be justified by purely rational argument or are they ultimately determined by more subjective influences.
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Beyond the Sovereign State
TL;DR: In this article, a new conceptual analysis of sovereignty and statehood, moving forward from the juristic inheritance, is presented, and some consequences of a belief in sovereign statehood are discussed.
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Questioning Sovereignty: Law, State, and Nation in the European Commonwealth
TL;DR: In this paper, the legal framework of the United Kingdom and its legal system is discussed. But the focus is on the state and the law and not on the individual's individual rights.
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A Theory of Legal Argumentation: The Theory of Rational Discourse as Theory of Legal Justification
TL;DR: In this paper, a theory of rational legal argumentation is proposed for the justification of legal decisions, and its limits towards assessing whether contemporary methodological discussions reveal a need for such a theory.