Law as a social system

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Luhmann, Niklas , 1927-1998 (Author), Ziegert, Klaus A. (Author), Kastner, Fatima (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press , c2008
Edition:1st published in pbk. 2008
Series:Oxford socio-legal studies
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The location of legal theory
  • 2. The operation closure of the legal system
  • 3. The function of law
  • 4. Coding and programming
  • 5. Justice, a formula for contingency
  • 6. The evolution of law
  • 7. The position of courts in the legal system-- 8. Legal argumentation
  • 9. Politics and law
  • 10. Structure couplings
  • 11. The self-description of the legal system
  • 12. Society and its law