Luhmann on Law and Politics: Critical Appraisals and Applications

Oñati International Series in Law and Society

by Michael King (Editor), Chris Thornhill (Editor)

This collection of essays includes critical and reconstructive contributions by a number of distinguished social theorists, political theorists, legal scholars and empirical sociologists. Together, they provide evidence of Luhmann's extensive and diverse relevance to the issues facing contemporary society.

216 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Michael King (b.1942) is Emeritus Professor at the University of Reading, School of Law. He has also taught at Brunel Univerity (until 2006), Warwick University, SUNY (Buffalo), and at the European University Institute (Florence).