Observing law through systems theory [electronic resource] / Richard Nobles and David Schiff.
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TextSeries: Legal theory todayPublication details: Oxford, U.K. ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2013Description: xvi, 274 pISBN: 9781782250111 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Sociological jurisprudence | Social systemsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 340.115 LOC classification: K370 | .N625 2013Online resources: Click to View Summary: "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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-267) and index.
"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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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