Observing Law Through Systems Theory.
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- computer
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- 9781782250111
- 340.115
- K370 -- .N625 2013eb
Prelims -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1. Is the Legal System a System? -- 2. Why Do Judges Talk the Way They Do? -- 3. Can One Have a Right to Disobey a Law? -- 4. Understanding Legal Pluralism -- 5. How Law Constructs Time -- 6. Politics and Law: The Rule of Law, Constitutional Law, and Human Rights -- 7. Control through Law -- 8. Appeals in Law -- Bibliography -- Index.
This book uses Niklas Luhmann's systems theory to explore how the legal system operates as one of modern society's subsystems.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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