Luhmann and Socio-Legal Research: An Empirical , Campilongo, Amato, De-Barro..

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Luhmann and Socio-Legal ResearchAn Empirical Agenda for Social Systems Theory\nAuthor(s): Celso Fernandes Campilongo, Lucas Fucci Amato, Marco Antonio Loschiavo Leme de Barros\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367439712, 978-0367439712\nSynopsis\nThis book discusses the designs and applications of the social systems theory (built by Niklas Luhmann, [tel] in relation to empirical socio-legal studies.\n\nThis is a sociological and legal theory known for its highly complex and abstract conceptual apparatus. But how to change its scale in order to study more localised phenomena, and to deal with empirical data, such as case law, statutes, constitutions and regulation? This is the concern of a wide variety of scholars from many regions engaged in this volume. It focuses on methodological discussions and empirical examples concerning the innovations and potentials that functional and systemic approaches can bring to the.