Form and function in a legal system
Subtitle: a general study
By: Robert S. Summers.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780521857659
Subjects: Law -- Philosophy; Law -- Methodology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Basic concepts and definitions; title: General approach; title: Forms of institutions : legislative; title: Forms of precepts : rules; title: Form and content within a rule : continued; title: Forms of non-preceptual law : contracts and related property interests; title: Forms of legal methodologies : statutory interpretation; title: Forms of sanctions and remedies; title: The basic form of a legal system as a whole; title: Cumulative and synergistic effects of legal forms : a schematic practical application.