This volume offers a collection of articles by leading legal and political theorists. Originally intended as a celebration of MacCormick's work on the occasion of the completion of the four-volume series on Law, State and Practical Reason, it has turned into a homage and salute after MacCormick's passing.  Cast in MacCormick's reflexive spirit, the book presents a critical reconstruction of the Scottish philosopher's work, with the aim of revealing the connections between law and democracy in his writings and furthering his insights in each specific field.

Acknowledgements.- List of Contributors.- Introduction; Agustín José Menéndez and John Erik Fossum.- Part I: A Life in Law and Politics.- Chapter 1 The Cosmopolitan Local; Neil Walker.- Part II: The Seven Big Themes in Maccormick's Legal and Political Theory.- Chapter 2 Maccormick on Maccormick; D. Neil Maccormick.- Part III: The Limits of Law.- Chapter 3 Juridification From Below: The Dynamics of Maccormick's Institutional Theory of Law; Lars Christian Blichner.- Chapter 4 Reform And Tradition: Changes And Continuities in Neil Maccormick's Concept Of Law; Massimo La Torre.-  Chapter 5 The Master Rule, Normativity, and The Institutional Theory Of Law; Stefano Bertea.- Part IV: Jurisprudence.- Chapter 6 Some Reflections on the Relationship between Law and Morality - Neil Maccormick's Point Of View;  Marina Lalatta Costerbosa.- Chapter 7 Legal Judgment and Moral Reservation; Jeremy Waldron.- Chapter 8 Are We Beyond Sovereignty? The Sovereignty of Processes and the Democratic Legitimacy Of The European Union; Tanja Hitzel-Cassagnes.- Part V: Legal Argumentation.- Chapter 9 Coherence And Post-Sovereign Legal Argumentation; Flavia Carbonell.- Part VI: The Constitution(S) of the European Union.- Chapter 10 Legal Pluralism in the European Union; Martin Borowski.- Chapter 11 From Constitutional Pluralism To A Pluralistic Constitution? Constitutional Synthesis as a Maccormickian Constitutional Theory of European Integration; Agustín José Menéndez.- Part VII: Post-Sovereign Nationalism.- Chapter 12 Nation-States Vs. Nation-Regions in The Post-Sovereign European Polity; Joxerramon Bengoetxea.- Chapter 13 Nationalism, Patriotism and Diversity - Conceptualising The National Dimension In D. Neil Maccormick's Post-Sovereign Constellation; John Erik Fossum.- Index.