Law As a Social System
ISBN13: 9780198262381ISBN10: 0198262388
Hardback,
512 pages
Apr 2004,
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Description
In this volume, Niklas Luhmann, the leading exponent of systems theory, explores its implications for our understanding of law. The volume provides a rigorous application to law of a theory that offers profound insights into the relationships between law and other aspects of contemporary society, including politics, the economy, the media, education, and religion.Features
- For the first time in English, a classic work which provides a full statement of the frequently misunderstood systems theory by Niklas Luhmann, its leading exponent
- Offers new insights into the nature of law in modern society and its relationship to politics, the economy, the media, religion, and education
About the Author(s)
Prior to his death in 1998, Niklas Luhammn was Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Bielefeld University.
This work has been translated from the original German by Klaus A. Ziegert, and edited by Fatima Kastner, Richard Nobles, David Schiff, and Rosamund Ziegert.
