Niklas Luhmann's theory of politics and law

Michael KingChris Thornhill

Palgrave Macmillan - Basingstoke

2003

Niklas Luhmann's social theory stands in direct opposition to the dominant 'anthropocentric' traditions of legal and political analysis. King and Thornhill now offer the first comprehensive, critical examination of Luhmann's highly original theory of the operations of the legal and political systems.