Niklas Luhmanns social theory stands in direct opposition to the dominantanthropocentric traditions of legal and political analysis. King andThornhill now offer... » 

Niklas Luhmanns social theory stands in direct opposition to the dominantanthropocentric traditions of legal and political analysis. King andThornhill now offer the first comprehensive critical examination of Luhmannshighly original theory of the operations of the legal and political systems.They describe how from the perspective of his sociological enlightenmentLuhmann continually calls to account the certainties the ambitions andrational foundations of The Enlightenment and the idealized versions of law andpolitics which they have produced. «