Neil MacCormick (1941-2009) was a Scottish legal philosopher who served as Regius Professor of Public Law at the University of Edinburgh from 1972 to 2008 and as a Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2004. He developed an institutional theory of law, engaging the debate between H. L. A. Hart and Ronald Dworkin in Legal Reasoning and Legal Theory (1978) and examining constitutional pluralism in the European Union in Questioning Sovereignty (1999); he was knighted in 2001.
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RoleLegal philosopher and politician 1 Nationality / Jurisdiction Place of Death Classification
Field of LawLegal Philosophy and Jurisprudence 1 Role
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1. Neil MacCormick (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIntroduction, gender
He was Regius Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations at the University of Edinburgh from 1972 until 2008.
Introduction, nationality
Neil MacCormick (1941-2009) was a Scottish legal philosopher who served as Regius Professor of Public Law at the University of Edinburgh from 1972 to 2008 and as a Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2004.
Introduction, role
Neil MacCormick was a Scottish legal philosopher and politician.
Entity description, field of law
Hart and Ronald Dworkin in Legal Reasoning and Legal Theory (1978) and examining constitutional pluralism in the European Union in Questioning Sovereignty (1999); he was knighted in 2001.
View the Source 2. Wikidata: Neil MacCormick
Wikidata Q2136132, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1941
Wikidata Q2136132, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1941-05-27
Wikidata Q2136132, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 2009
Wikidata Q2136132, P570 date of death claim (full date)
P570 (date of death): 2009-04-05
Wikidata Q2136132, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Glasgow
Wikidata Q2136132, P20 place of death claim
P20 (place of death): Edinburgh
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