The Unsteady State
General Jurisprudence for Dynamic Social Phenomena
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Jurisprudence, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
| Author: | Keith Culver, Michael Giudice | ISBN: | 9781108145794 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | Publication: | March 30, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Keith Culver, Michael Giudice |
| ISBN: | 9781108145794 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publication: | March 30, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Language: | English |
Analytical jurisprudence often proceeds with two key assumptions: that all law is either contained in or traceable back to an authorizing law-state, and that states are stable and in full control of the borders of their legal systems. What would a general theory of law be like and do if these long-standing presumptions were loosened? The Unsteady State aims to assess the possibilities by enacting a relational approach to explanation of law, exploring law's relations to the environment, security, and technology. The account provided here offers a rich and renewed perspective on the preconditions and continuity of legal order in systemic and non-systemic forms, and further supports the view that the state remains prominent yet is now less dominant in the normative lives of norm-subjects and as an object of legal theory.
Analytical jurisprudence often proceeds with two key assumptions: that all law is either contained in or traceable back to an authorizing law-state, and that states are stable and in full control of the borders of their legal systems. What would a general theory of law be like and do if these long-standing presumptions were loosened? The Unsteady State aims to assess the possibilities by enacting a relational approach to explanation of law, exploring law's relations to the environment, security, and technology. The account provided here offers a rich and renewed perspective on the preconditions and continuity of legal order in systemic and non-systemic forms, and further supports the view that the state remains prominent yet is now less dominant in the normative lives of norm-subjects and as an object of legal theory.
