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4 - Private Law and Theories of Communication

from Part I - Methods and Disciplines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2021

Stefan Grundmann ,
Hans-W. Micklitz  and
Moritz Renner
By
Moritz Renner
Stefan Grundmann
Affiliation:
European University Institute, Florence
Hans-W. Micklitz
Affiliation:
European University Institute, Florence
Moritz Renner
Affiliation:
Universität Mannheim, Germany
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Summary

This chapter deals with two different social theories, which can be subsumed under the concept of theories of communication. Both theories analyse the role of the legal system, and private law in particular, in the context of modern, functionally differentiated societies. Their focus is on explaining the rationality of the legal system as ‘a rationality apart’. At the same time, they try to analyse the ways in which the law necessarily interacts with other fields of society: politics, the economy, religion, etc. Thus, the theories discussed in this chapter can be seen as reformulations of the tension between the ‘inside and the outside’ of private law (see Chapter 1).

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New Private Law Theory
A Pluralist Approach
 , pp. 95 - 109
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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