MacCormick's `Institutions of Law' is the culmination of a lifetime's work in legal theory by one of the world's most respected legal theorists. This book collects responses from well-known legal theorists from around the world, all of whom are familiar with MacCormick's work, providing a cutting edge account of the book's significance.

Chapter 1 Law as Institutional Normative Order : An Introduction, Maksymilian Del Mar; Part I Concepts of Law; Chapter 2 Institutions of Law from a Global Perspective: Standpoint, Pluralism and Non-State Law, William Twining; Chapter 3 Institutions and the Concept of Law: A Reply to Ronald Dworkin (with some help from Neil MacCormick), Frederick Schauer; Chapter 4 Neil MacCormick’s Legal Positivism, Vittorio Villa; Part II Institutions and Justice; Chapter 5 Institutional Theories and Institutions of Law: On Neil MacCormick’s Savoury Blend of Legal Institutionalism, Massimo La Torre; Chapter 6 Institutions and Aims, Victor Tadros; Chapter 7 What is a Legal Transaction?, Jaap Hage; Part III Criminal Law; Chapter 8 A Comment on Personality and Corporate Crime, Nils Jareborg; Chapter 9 Criminal Law and Civil Peace, Magnus Ulväng; Part IV The Methodology of Jurisprudence; Chapter 10 Methodology and the Articulation of Insight: Some Lessons from MacCormick’s, Andrew Halpin; Chapter 11 Is Bad Law Still Law? Is Bad Law Really Law?, Julie Dickson; Part V Reply; Chapter 12 Concluding for Institutionalism, Neil MacCormick;