Luhmann and Law

Christopher Thornhill is Professor in Law at Manchester University, UK

• Introduction1. Michael King and Chris Thornhill, ‘Society’s Legal System’, in Michael King and Chris Thornhill, Niklas Luhmann’s Theory of Politics and Law (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2003), pp 35-68.2. Jean Clam, ‘Une nouvelle sociologie du droit ? Autour de Das Recht der Gesellschaft de Niklas Luhmann.’ Droit et société 1996 33(1): 405-423.3. Frieder Naschold, ‘Demokratie und Komplexität: Thesen und Illustrationen zur Theoriediskussion in der Politikwissenschaft.’ Politische Vierteljahresschrift (1968) 9(3): 494-518.4. Peter Nahamowitz, ‘Autopoiesis oder ökonomischer Staatsinterventionismus?’ Zeitschrift für Rechtssoziologie (1988) 9: 36-73.5. Chris Thornhill, ‘Niklas Luhmann: A Sociological Transformation of Political Legitimacy?’ Distinktion. Scandinavian Journal of Social Theory (2006) 13: 33-53.6. Jean Clam, ‘What is Modern Power?’, in Michael King and Chris Thornhill, Luhmann on Law and Politics. Critical Appraisals and Applications (Oxford: Hart, 2006), pp. 145-162. 7. Gunther Teubner, ‘Substantive and Reflexive Elements in Modern Law.’ Law & Society Review (1983) 17(2): 239-286.8. Hubert Rottleuthner ‘A Purified Sociology of Law: Niklas Luhmann on the Autonomy of the Legal System.’ Law & Society Review (1989) 23(5): 779-798.9. Inger-Johanne Sand, ‘The Interaction of Society, Politics and Law: The Legal and Communicative Theories of Habermas, Luhmann and Teubner.’ Scandinavian Studies in Law (2008) 53: 45-75.10. Gert Verschraegen, ‘Human Rights and Modern Society: A Sociological Analysis from the Perspective of Systems Theory.’ Journal of Law and Society (2002) 29(2): 258–281.11. Marcelo Neves, ‘From the Autopoiesis to the Allopoiesis of Law.’ Journal of Law and Society (2001) 28(2): 242-26412. Chris Thornhill, ‘Jürgen Habermas and Niklas Luhmann: Two Rival Critiques of Metaphysics’, Chris Thornhill, German Political Philosophy. The Metaphysics of Law (London: Routledge, 2006), pp. 314-339. 13. Kjaer, Poul 2006. ‘Systems in Context. On the Outcome of the Habermas/Luhmann-Debate.’ Ancilla juris: 66-77.14. Gunther Teubner, ‘Economics of Gift - Positivity of Justice: The Mutual Paranoia of Jacques Derrida and Niklas Luhmann.’ Theory, Culture and Society (2001) 18: 29-47.15. Christoph Menke, ‘The Self-Reflection of Law and the Politics of Rights.’ Constellations (2011): 18(2): 124-134. 16. Karl-Heinz Ladeur, ‘Recht und Gerechtigkeit bei Derrida und Luhmann: Eine Kritik auf systemtheoretischer Grundlage.’ Rechtstheorie (2012) 43(3): 271-323.17. Gunther Teubner, ‘Societal Constitutionalism: Alternatives to State-Centred Constitutional Theory?’ in Christian Joerges, Inger-Johanne Sand and Gunther Teubner (eds), Transnational Governance and Constitutionalism (Oxford: Hart, 2004), pp. 3-28.18. Marc Amstutz, Métissage: On the Form of Law in World Society.’ Zeitschrift für vergleichende Rechtswissenschaft (2013) 11: 336–360.19. Mathias Albert, ‘Observing World Politics. Luhmann´s Systems Theory of Society and International Relations.’ Millennium (1999) 29(2): 239-265.20. Andreas Fischer-Lescano, ‘Critical Systems Theory.’ P