Form and function in a legal system : a general study - Summers, Robert S. (Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006)
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
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Keywords: Law -- Philosophy; Law -- Methodology