Questioning Sovereignty: Law, State. and Nation in the European Commonwealth

by Neil MacCormick

Book Overview

This books is about the transformation of sovereignty in the United Kingdom and the European Union, the transition from 'sovereign states' to 'post-sovereign states', devolution and nationalism, and the future of the British union. It applies the institutional theory of law to a general inquiry into the relations of law and state, and to the question of the character of a Rechtsstaat or state under the rule of law. This clears the ground for a historical/analytical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198268769
• ISBN13: 9780198268765
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.5"