Niklas Luhmann's Theory of Politics and Law

MICHAEL KING is Professor of Law at Brunel University, UK. He has held appointments at Warwick University and the State University of New York and has worked as a research fellow at the European University Institute, Florence. Recently, he has written extensively on autopoietic theory and its implications for the understanding of law. CHRIS THORNHILL is Professor of German Political Theory at King's College, London. He is the author of several books on modern German legal and political thought.

List of Figures Luhmann's Social Theory Society's Legal System The Political System The Subject of Liberalism Risk and the Environment Conclusion: Luhmann and his Critics Notes Bibliography Index