Autopoietic Law, A New Approach to Law and Society

No detailed description available for "Autopoietic Law - A New Approach to Law and Society".

List of contents

Frontmatter -- Introduction to Autopoietic Law -- The Unity of the Legal System -- The Law of Law -- On the Supposed Closure of Normative Systems -- Between Order and Disorder: The Game of Law -- Biological Metaphors in Legal Thought -- The Communicative Autonomy of the Legal System -- The Autonomy of Law: Two Visions Compared -- Changing Paradigms in the Sociology of Law -- Evolution of Autopoietic Law -- Perspectives on a Post-Modern Theory of Law: A Critique of Niklas Luhmann, "The Unity of the Legal System" -- Accounting for Law -- The Fact of Law -- Closure and Openness: On Reality in the World of Law -- Talking About Autopoiesis - Order From Noise? -- Authors' Biographical Sketches -- Name Index -- Subject Index

About the author

Gunther Teubner ist Professor für Privatrecht und Rechtssoziologie in Frankfurt und Centennial Visiting Professor an der London School of Economics.

Product details

• Assisted by: Gunthe Teubner (Editor), Gunther Teubner (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1987
• EAN: 9783110114591
• ISBN: 978-3-11-011459-1
• No. of pages: 380
• Weight: 742 g
• Series: European University Institute, Series A, Law; European University Institute, Series A, Law; European University Institute - Series A
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law