Philosopher

Neil MacCormick

Overview

Sir Donald Neil MacCormick (27 May 1941 – 5 April 2009) was a Scottish legal philosopher and politician. He was Regius Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations at the University of Edinburgh from 1972 until 2008. He was a Member of the European Parliament 1999–2004, member of the Convention on the Future of Europe, and officer of the Scottish National Party.

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Philosophers who discussed Neil MacCormick

• Hans Kelsen
• H. L. A. Hart
• Robert Alexy

Ideas Neil MacCormick discusses

• BBC News
• Jurisprudence
• University of Edinburgh
• Ronald Dworkin
• H. L. A. Hart
• University of Glasgow
• Royal Society of Edinburgh
• Glasgow

Place in the tradition

Part of Jurisprudence.

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