King and Thornhill offer the first comprehensive, critical examination of Luhmann's highly original theory of the operations of the legal and political systems. They describe how from the perspective of his "sociological enlightenment" Luhmann continually calls to account the certainties, the ambitions and rational foundations of The Enlightenment and the idealized versions of law and politics which they have produced.
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"King and Thornhill have produced an outstanding book...presents a very clear and economical exposition of Luhmann's theories... "--Tim Murphy, London School of Economics and Political Science
"This is an excellent book. Michael King and Chris Thornhill have provided a comprehensive, scholarly and accessible account of Luhmann's extensive writings on politics and law. They have also answered convincingly many of the `anti-functionist' criticisms that have been directed against his ideas. I have no doubt that their efforts will succeed in convincing readers of the relevance and importance of Luhmann's theory in understanding the complexity and dynamism of modern society as well as the considerable difficulties which are likely to be encountered in attempting to find solutions to the major problems facing the world."--Gunther Teubner, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
"This is an excellent book. Michael King and Chris Thornhill have provided a comprehensive, scholarly and accessible account of Luhmann's extensive writings on politics and law. They have also answered convincingly many of the `anti-functionist' criticisms that have been directed against his ideas. I have no doubt that their efforts will succeed in convincing readers of the relevance and importance of Luhmann's theory in understanding the complexity and dynamism of modern society as well as the considerable difficulties which are likely to be encountered in attempting to find solutions to the major problems facing the world."--Gunther Teubner, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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Michael King is Professor of Law at Brunel University. Chris Thornhill is Professor of German Political Theory at King's College, London.
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communicative subsystems, conditional programmes, social function systems, autopoietic theory, collectively binding decisions, legitimate political system, generalized media, modern political system, legal communications, unmarked space, legal argumentation, double contingency, operational closure, structural coupling, autopoietic system, modern social systems, legal state, legal subject Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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communicative subsystems, conditional programmes, social function systems, autopoietic theory, collectively binding decisions, legitimate political system, generalized media, modern political system, legal communications, unmarked space, legal argumentation, double contingency, operational closure, structural coupling, autopoietic system, modern social systems, legal state, legal subject Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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