Edited by Ralf Rogowski, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Warwick, UK

• Contents1 Introduction to law and systems theory 1Ralf RogowskiPART I THEORY2 Legal autopoiesis and its limits 11Marcelo Neves3 Emergence and personification: How the law makes non-humanentities speak 30Gunther Teubner4 Modern law and the military system: The missing soldier? 48Chris Thornhill5 Responsive sociology of law 68Alfons Bora6 Law and critical systems theory 79João P. Bachur7 Systems theory, law and complexity theory 94Thomas E. Webb and Steven Wheatley8 The resonance capacity of the legal system 107Hannah Vermaßen and André Brodocz9 Systems theory and legal aesthetics: Thou shall not differentiate! 124Francesco Forzani and Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos10 Law, society: “systemic” vs “systematic”? 137Anton SchützPART II RESEARCH FIELDS11 Systems theory and the regulation of knowledge 152Karl-Heinz Ladeur12 Law and artificial intelligence: A matter of couplings 168Aldo Mascareño13 Systems theory and global civil society 185Germano Schwartz14 Systems theory and constitutionalism 200Alberto Febbrajo15 Climate change governance: A systems theory analysis 214Karin Buhmann16 Systems theory and the regulation of corruption in developing countries 229Chukwuemeka Castro Nwabuzor17 Illegality in organisations and systems theory 246Stefan Kühl18 Systems theory and the legal regulation of risk 266Inger Johanne Sand19 Social work and modern social systems theory 278Stine Piilgaard Porner NielsenPART III AREAS OF LAW20 Systems theory and human rights 292Gert Verschraegen21 Systems theory and contract law 307Dan Wielsch22 Environmental law and autopoietic systems theory 320John Paterson23 Systems theory and investment arbitration tribunals 334Rafael Quintero Godínez24 Reflexive regulation of cryptocurrencies 353Immaculate Motsi-Omoijiade25 Systems theory and the regulation of anti-discrimination 372Kirandeep Kaur and Ralf Rogowski26 Systems theory and hate speech 385Nico Buitendag27 Systems theory and procedure 398Stefan Machura28 Systems theory, law, and the digital media 409Bernard KeenanIndex 419

‘Guiding us through the many workshops of socio-legal researchers who use systems theory, Ralf Rogowski brilliantly demonstrates the main potentials of theories: to establish improbable connections between studies of the most diverse domains of social reality, producing plural overviews, and, in multiple ways, to force thought to evolve, empowering imagination.’