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Tracing an outline of legal complexity
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Forthcoming
| Journal publication date | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Journal | Ratio Juris |
| Original language | English |
Abstract
Autopoiesis and systems theory are terms often treated as synonymous by lawyers. This sleight-of-phrase elides the space between autopoiesis and systems theory, removing its content. Within this eliminated space there exist numerous understandings of systems approaches in law; one such understanding is complexity theory. Complexity theory entails a very different systems view of law to that of autopoiesis. In this paper I explore the concepts of complexity and their relevance to law. In tracing an outline of complexity, a number of contradictions, paradoxes, and additional questions are exposed which require further detailed analysis in the future.
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