Social Systems Theory and Judicial Review

Name: Social Systems Theory and Judicial Review
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

This book demonstrates the empirical gains and integrative potential of social systems theory for the sociology of law. The study observes judicial review as an instrument for the self-steering of a functionally differentiated legal system. This approach allows close investigation of the US Supreme Court\u2019s jurisprudence of rights, both in legal terms and in relation to structural transformations of modern society, and of the European Court of Human Rights\u2019 privacy jurisprudence, which suggests the pertinence of the analytic framework to other rights and jurisdictions. > This book demonstrates the empirical gains and integrative potentials of social systems theory for the sociology of law. Against a backdrop of classical and contemporary sociological debates about law and society, it observes judicial review as an instrument for the self-steering of a functionally differentiated legal system. This allows close investigation of the US Supreme Court\u2019s jurisprudence of 9