Summers, Robert S.

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

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2005-020120


Law--Philosophy
Law--Methodology