The Type Theory of Law - An Essay in Psychoanalytic Jurisprudence

Thisvolume presents a Type Theory of Law (TTL), claiming that this is a uniquetheory of law that stems from the philosophical understanding of Jung'spsychological types applied to the phenomenon of law. Furthermore, the TTLclaims to be a universal, general and descriptive account of law. To provethat, the book first presents the fundamentals of Jungian psychological types,as they had been invented by Jung and consequently developed further by hisfollowers. The next part of the book describes how the typological structure ofan individual determines their understanding of law. It then addresses the wayin which inclusive legal theory can be understood based on this typology.Finally, the book describes the TTL in general and descriptive terms and putsit into context. All in all, the book shows how the integral or inclusiveapproach to understanding the nature of law is not only in tune with our time,but also relevant for presenting a more persuasive picture of law than theolder exclusivist or dualist approaches of strict natural law and rigid legalpositivism did.

List of contents

Introduction.- 1 Integral Theories of Law.- 2 Understanding Law and Legal Practice Through Jungian Type Theory.- 3 Historical Types of Law.- 4 A Psychological-Typological Reading of Integral Theories of Law.- 5 The Type Theory of Law.

About the author

Marko Novak Born in 1967. LL.B. and LL.D. from Ljubljana University
Faculty of Law, LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center (U.S.). More
than a decade a legal advisor at the Slovene Constitutional
Court. Now associate professor of legal theory and constitutional
law. Dean of the European Faculty of Law, Slovenia. Vice-president of the
Slovene Council for the Judiciary. Academic writings mainly from the area of
psychoanalitic jurisprudence and legal argumentation.  
 

Product details

• Authors: Marko Novak
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.05.2016
• EAN: 9783319306421
• ISBN: 978-3-31-930642-1
• No. of pages: 113
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 9 mm x 236 mm
• Weight: 218 g
• Illustrations: XII, 113 p. 9 illus., 3 illus. in color.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; Psychologie, C, Kognitive Psychologie, Law, Psychology, Ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Law and Criminology, Behavioral Sciences and Psychology, Criminal or forensic psychology, Philosophie: Metaphysik und Ontologie, cognitive psychology, Law—Philosophy, Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History, Law and Psychology, Religious Types of Law, Psychological Type Theory