Modern systems theory provides a new method for the analysis of society through an examination of the structures of its communications. In this volume, Niklas Luhmann, the theory's leading exponent, explores its implications for our understanding of law. Luhmann argues that current thinking about how law operates within a modern society is seriously deficient. He lays out the theoretical and methodological tools that, he argues, can advance our understanding of contemporary society and in particular of the identity, performance, and function of the legal system within that society. In systems theory, society is its communications: they are its empirical reality; the items that can be observed and studied. Systems theory identifies how communications operate within a physical world and how different sub-systems of communication operate alongside each other. In this volume, Luhmann uses systems theory to address a question central to legal theory: what differentiates law from other social practices? However, unlike conventional legal theory this volume seeks to provide an answer in terms of a general social theory: a methodology that answers the question in a manner applicable not only to law, but also to all the other complex and highly differentiated systems within modern society, such as politics, the economy, religion, the media, and education. This sociological approach offers profound insights into the relationships between law and other social systems.
Sobre o autor(a)
Luhmann, Niklas
Niklas Luhmann (1927-1998) foi um sociólogo alemão que desenvolveu uma nova teoria sociológica - a teoria dos sistemas. Foi considerado um dos autores mais produtivos das ciências Sociais do século XX. Niklas Luhmann desenvolveu uma nova teoria sociológica, pois para ele, a sociologia tradicional não seria suficiente para envolver a complexidade da sociedade, uma vez que era baseada na teoria dos fatores, e seria incapaz de analisá-la em maior profundidade e na sua verdadeira essência. Niklas Luhmann escreveu mais de trinta livros sobre os mais variados temas, como política, economia, arte, religião, ecologia e meios de comunicação. |
| ISBN | 9780199546121 |
| Autor(a) | Luhmann, Niklas |
| Editora | Oup Oxford |
| Ano de edição | 2008 |
| Páginas | 512 |
| Acabamento | Brochura |