New book surveys intellectual life of Neil MacCormick

Professor MacCormick (1941–2009) was one of the twentieth century’s most important legal philosophers and one of Scotland’s most influential public intellectuals.

Neil MacCormick: A Life in Politics, Philosophy, and Law by Professor Maksymilian Del Mar of Queen Mary University of London, tells the story of Professor MacCormick’s intensely political childhood as the son of ‘King John’, one of the founders of the Scottish National Party, through to his involvement in Scottish politics – especially as the author of the SNP’s constitutional policy – and his role as a member of the European Parliament, helping to draft the European Constitution. 

With special attention to his character, this book offers a reading of his entire oeuvre, covering his contributions to theories of legal and moral reasoning, institutional legal theory, nationalism, post-sovereignty, subsidiarity, and constitutional pluralism in Europe. 

SLN readers can save 20 per cent on the book with the code DELMAR25.