Luhmann on Law and Politics : Critical Appraisals and Applications.

Half Title -- Half Title verso -- Title Page -- Title verso -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- I. Theory and Practice in Law -- 1. Reflecting on Reflexive Law -- INTRODUCTION -- LUHMANN ON SOCIETY AND LAW -- REFLEXIVE LAW? -- REFLECTING ON REFLEXIVE LAW -- 2. What's the Use of Luhmann's Theory? -- THE PROBLEMS WITH LUHMANN -- THE PATERSON/TEUBNER REHABILITATION OF LUHMANN -- THE PERSONIFICATION OF LAW -- THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST REFLEXIVE LAW -- A ROLE, AFTER ALL, FOR ACADEMIC SCHOLARS -- II. Politics, Law and Human Rights -- 3. From Subject to System: Some Unsystematic Systems - Theoretic Thoughts on Race Equality and Human Rights -- INTRODUCTION -- SOCIETY -- ORGANISATION -- INTERACTION AND PSYCHIC SYSTEMS -- WHY THE SOCIAL/PSYCHIC SYSTEM DISTINCTION IS IMPORTANT:A HABERMASIAN EXCURSUS -- CONCLUSION -- 4. Niklas Luhmann's Political Theory: Politics after Metaphysics? -- THE SOCIOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF ENLIGHTENMENT AND THE END OF METAPHYSICS -- MODERN POLITICAL THEORY AS METAPHYSICS. -- NON-NORMATIVE NORMATIVITY -- A POST-METAPHYSICAL DEMOCRACY? -- CONCLUSION -- 5. Systems Theory and the Paradox of Human Rights -- INTRODUCTION -- FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AS AN INSTITUTION -- FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AS A SELF-LIMITATION OF THE POLITICAL SYSTEM -- FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS AND INSTITUTIONALISED INDIVIDUALISM -- EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS -- TWO FORMS OF EXCLUSION AND SYMBOLIC CONSTITUTIONALISATION IN PERIPHERAL MODERNITY -- THE PARADOX OF HUMAN RIGHTS -- 6. The Problem of Power in Luhmann's Systems Theory -- THE PROBLEM OF SOVEREIGNTY -- THE FUNCTIONAL DIFFERENTIATION OF LAW AND POLITICS AND THE SEPARATION OF POLITICAL POWER -- LUHMANN ON POWER -- SOME IMPLICATIONS OF LUHMANN'S ACCOUNT OF POWER -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- 7. What is Modern Power? -- THE QUESTION CONCERNING MODERN POWER -- POWER'S TRANSMUTATION.

DIFFERENTIATION AND DE-DIFFERENTIATION OF POWER -- DEMOCRACY AFTER THE AGE OF STRUGGLE: BETWEEN DE-POLITICISATION AND RE-POLITICISATION -- RE-POLITICISATION AND THE TOPOLOGY OF WORLD SOCIETY -- III. Critical Responses -- 8. Some Observations on Social Anthropology and Niklas Luhmann's Concept of Society -- INTRODUCTION -- THE LIMITS OF SOCIETY -- SOCIETY AND THE INDIVIDUAL -- SOCIAL CHANGE -- FUNCTIONAL DIFFERENTIATION -- SOCIAL INTEGRATION -- CONCLUSION -- 9. The Theoretical Context and Foundations of Luhmann's Legal and Political Sociology -- LUHMANN -- FOUR THEMES AND PHASES OF THEORY BUILDING -- KEY CONCEPTS IN LUHMANN'S THEORY -- CONCLUSION: DISCUSSION AND CRITIQUE OF LUHMANN'S THEORIES -- 10. Dealing (with) Paradoxes: On Law, Justice and Cheating -- PARADOX -- LAW AND PARADOX -- ENVIRONMENT -- DEALING -- Index.

These essays, by distinguished experts, provide evidence of Luhmann's extensive and diverse relevance to the issues facing contemporary society.

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