Research Handbook on Law and Systems Theory

Name: Research Handbook on Law and Systems Theory
Brand: Edward Elgar Publishing
SKU: 9781035336487
Price: 2837.25 HKD
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Author: Ralf Rogowski
ISBN: 9781035336487

By Ralf Rogowski

New Arrival Edward Elgar Publishing April 2026

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9781035336487
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication: April 2026
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

This Research Handbook presents a comprehensive overview of the significance of systems theory for analysing law in modern society. Expert contributors examine key theoretical developments and core approaches to systems theory, illustrating the strengths of this transdisciplinary theoretical framework across research fields and areas of law.

Chapters cover a range of areas of law that this approach can be applied to, including constitutional law and constitutionalism, contract law, environmental law, social work and labour law. The Research Handbook draws on detailed case studies to investigate how this theoretical framework can be used in diverse contexts, exploring human rights, hate speech, climate change governance and corruption through this lens. It also highlights the role of systems theory across technology and business, from artificial intelligence and cryptocurrencies to illegality in organisations, the regulation of risk and investment arbitration tribunals.

This forward-looking Research Handbook will be valuable to students and scholars of systems theory and research methods in law, as well as jurisprudence more widely, as it provides an informative analysis of the latest research and thinking in this dynamic field.

1.
Introduction to law and systems theory 1: Ralf Rogowski; PART I THEORY; 2.
Legal autopoiesis and its limits 11: Marcelo Neves; 3.
Emergence and personification: How the law makes non-human: entities speak 30; Gunther Teubner; 4.
Modern law and the military system: The missing soldier? 48: Chris Thornhill; 5.
Responsive sociology of law 68: Alfons Bora; 6.
Law and critical systems theory 79: João P. Bachur; 7.
Systems theory, law and complexity theory 94: Thomas E. Webb and Steven Wheatley; 8.
The resonance capacity of the legal system 107: Hannah Vermaßen and André Brodocz; 9.
Systems theory and legal aesthetics: Thou shall not differentiate! 124: Francesco Forzani and Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos; 10.
Law, society: “systemic” vs “systematic”? 137: Anton Schütz; PART II RESEARCH FIELDS; 11.
Systems theory and the regulation of knowledge 152: Karl-Heinz Ladeur; 12.
Law and artificial intelligence: A matter of couplings 168: Aldo Mascareño; 13.
Systems theory and global civil society 185: Germano Schwartz; 14.
Systems theory and constitutionalism 200: Alberto Febbrajo; 15.
Climate change governance: A systems theory analysis 214: Karin Buhmann; 16.
Systems theory and the regulation of corruption in developing countries 229: Chukwuemeka Castro Nwabuzor; 17.
Illegality in organisations and systems theory 246: Stefan Kühl; 18.
Systems theory and the legal regulation of risk 266: Inger Johanne Sand; 19.
Social work and modern social systems theory 278: Sti Piilgaard Porner Nielsen; PART III AREAS OF LAW; 20.
Systems theory and human rights 292: Gert Verschraegen; 21.
Systems theory and contract law 307: Dan Wielsch; 22.
Environmental law and autopoietic systems theory 320: John Paterson; 23.
Systems theory and investment arbitration tribunals 334: Rafael Quintero Godínez; 24.
Reflexive regulation of cryptocurrencies 353: Immaculate Motsi-Omoijiade; 25.
Systems theory and the regulation of anti-discrimination 372: Kirandeep Kaur and Ralf Rogowski; 26.
Systems theory and hate speech 385: Nico Buitendag; 27.
Systems theory and procedure 398: Stefan Machura; 28.
Systems theory, law, and the digital media 409: Bernard Keenan; Index 419