Form and function in a legal system : a general study /
Robert S. Summers
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
- xvi, 404 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Introduction -- Basic concepts and definitions -- A general approach -- Forms of institutions-legislative -- Forms of precepts-rules -- Form and content within a rule- continued -- Forms of nonpreceptual law-contracts and related property interests -- Forms of legal methodologies-statutory interpretation -- Forms of sanctions and remedies -- The overall form of a legal system as a whole -- Cumulative and synergistic effects of legal forms-a schematic practical application