This is a book about the transformation of sovereignty in the United Kingdom and the European Union, about the transition from 'sovereign states' to 'post-sovereign states', about devolution and nationalism and the future of the British union.
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`... this engaging excursion into the ethics, sensibilities and utilities of social and political subsidiarity and autonomy.' 22(3) Legal Studies
`Review from previous edition one of the most eminent legal theorists at work in the UK today. He has a nimbleness and acuity which never fail to please and impress.' Preston King, Political Studies, Vol.49, No.1,
`ingenious and fairly presented arguments.' Geoffrey Marshall, TLS, 24/3/00.
`Review from previous edition one of the most eminent legal theorists at work in the UK today. He has a nimbleness and acuity which never fail to please and impress.' Preston King, Political Studies, Vol.49, No.1,
`ingenious and fairly presented arguments.' Geoffrey Marshall, TLS, 24/3/00.
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The late Neil MacCormick, formerly Regius Professor Emeritus of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations in the University of Edinburgh
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The great jurist Hans Kelsen, who spent much of his life trying to clarify the concept 'norm', and the 'ought' that is the verbal sign of normative utterances, once remarked, almost despairingly, that the 'world of the ought' is a 'great mystery'. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
institutional normative order, enforceable community rights, market subsidiarity, independent political society, incorporating union, foundation treaties, new legal order, contextual individuals, democratic commonwealth, community law, liberal nationalism, external sovereignty Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The great jurist Hans Kelsen, who spent much of his life trying to clarify the concept 'norm', and the 'ought' that is the verbal sign of normative utterances, once remarked, almost despairingly, that the 'world of the ought' is a 'great mystery'. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
institutional normative order, enforceable community rights, market subsidiarity, independent political society, incorporating union, foundation treaties, new legal order, contextual individuals, democratic commonwealth, community law, liberal nationalism, external sovereignty Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Clarendon Press, Northern Ireland, Scottish Parliament, Official Secrets Act, European Communities Act, Perverse Verdict Theory, Act of Parliament, Act of Union, Lord Devlin, Oxford University Press, Scottish National Party, European Parliament, Hans Kelsen, House of Lords, Political Studies, White Paper, Articles of Union, Cambridge University Press, Parliament of Great Britain, Athlone Press, Basil Blackwell, Constructing Legal Systems, David Hume, Lord Reid, New York New!
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