Observing law through systems theory /

"This book uses Niklas Luhmann's systems theory to explore how the legal system operates as one of modern society's subsystems. The authors demonstrate how this theory alters our understanding of some of the most important and controversial issues within law: the nature of judicial co...

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Main Author: Nobles, Richard
Other Authors: Schiff, David, senior lecturer in law
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, c2013
Series:Legal theory today
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245 1 0 |a Observing law through systems theory /  |c Richard Nobles and David Schiff 
260 |a Oxford, United Kingdom ;  |a Portland, Oregon :  |b Hart Publishing,  |c c2013 
300 |a xvi, 274 p. ;  |c 24 cm 
490 1 |a Legal theory today 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-267) and index 
505 0 |a Is the legal system a system? -- Can one have a right to disobey a law? -- Understanding legal pluralism -- How law constructs time -- Politics and law : the rule of law, constitutional law, and human rights -- Control through law -- Appeals in law 
520 |a "This book uses Niklas Luhmann's systems theory to explore how the legal system operates as one of modern society's subsystems. The authors demonstrate how this theory alters our understanding of some of the most important and controversial issues within law: the nature of judicial communication and legal argument; the claim that it can be right to disobey law; the character of legal pluralism and globalisation; time and its construction within law; the significance of the rule of law and human rights and the role of appeals to, and within, law."--Back cover 
520 |a "This book is complementary to our book A sociology of jurisprudence, although it is not necessary for readers to have read that book in order to engage with what we present here."--Preface 
650 0 |a Sociological jurisprudence 
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700 1 |a Schiff, David,  |c senior lecturer in law 
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