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There has been renewed and growing interest in exploring the
significant role played by law in the centralization of power and
sovereignty – right from the earliest point. This timely book
serves as an introduction into state theory, providing an overview
of the conceptual history and the interdisciplinary tradition of
the continental European general theory of the state. Chapters
present a theory of the state grounded in cultural analysis and
show liberal democracy to be the paradigm of today’s western
nation-state. The analysis includes the emergence of legal forms
and institutions that are linked either to the constitutional state
(the securing of civil liberties and fundamental rights), the
welfare state (social and welfare law), or the network-state
(regulation of complex digital technologies). Thomas Vesting
focuses on illustrating the fundamental features of these
evolutionary stages – the three layers constituting the modern
state – and reveals their cultural and social preconditions. This
book will be an ideal read for students, postgraduates, and other
academic audiences with interests in state theory, jurisprudence,
legal theory, political theory, and legal philosophy.
There has been renewed and growing interest in exploring the
significant role played by law in the centralization of power and
sovereignty - right from the earliest point. This timely book
serves as an introduction into state theory, providing an overview
of the conceptual history and the interdisciplinary tradition of
the continental European general theory of the state. Chapters
present a theory of the state grounded in cultural analysis and
show liberal democracy to be the paradigm of today's western
nation-state. The analysis includes the emergence of legal forms
and institutions that are linked either to the constitutional state
(the securing of civil liberties and fundamental rights), the
welfare state (social and welfare law), or the network-state
(regulation of complex digital technologies). Thomas Vesting
focuses on illustrating the fundamental features of these
evolutionary stages - the three layers constituting the modern
state - and reveals their cultural and social preconditions. This
book will be an ideal read for students, postgraduates, and other
academic audiences with interests in state theory, jurisprudence,
legal theory, political theory, and legal philosophy.
This book provides an historically informed reconstruction of the
social practices that have shaped the formation of the modern
subject from the early modern period to the present. The formal
legal protections accorded to subjects are, and always have been,
latent in social practices, norms and language before they are
articulated in formal legal orders. Vesting argues that, in
Western societies, legal personhood is closely tied to three ideal
types of social personhood – what he calls the gentleman, the
manager, and Homo Digitalis. By examining these three ideal types
and their emergence in society, we can see that Western formal law
does not bring these ideal types into being but, on the contrary,
arises from the social and cultural conditions that these ideal
types generate and reflect. Correspondingly, Western legal
personhood, or ‘legal subjectivity’, arises from the history
and culture of Western nations, not the other way around.
Therefore, signature features of Western formal law, particularly
its valorization of the rights of persons (whether natural or
non-natural), come from particular socio-historical cultural
developments that had already generated the strong ideas of social
personhood inherent in the ideal types of the gentleman, the
manager, and Homo Digitalis. Subjectivity Transformed is a
major contribution to legal and social theory and, with its
original analysis of the formation of modern subjectivity, it will
be of interest to students and scholars throughout the social
sciences and humanities.
This book provides an historically informed reconstruction of the
social practices that have shaped the formation of the modern
subject from the early modern period to the present. The formal
legal protections accorded to subjects are, and always have been,
latent in social practices, norms and language before they are
articulated in formal legal orders. Vesting argues that, in
Western societies, legal personhood is closely tied to three ideal
types of social personhood – what he calls the gentleman, the
manager, and Homo Digitalis. By examining these three ideal types
and their emergence in society, we can see that Western formal law
does not bring these ideal types into being but, on the contrary,
arises from the social and cultural conditions that these ideal
types generate and reflect. Correspondingly, Western legal
personhood, or ‘legal subjectivity’, arises from the history
and culture of Western nations, not the other way around.
Therefore, signature features of Western formal law, particularly
its valorization of the rights of persons (whether natural or
non-natural), come from particular socio-historical cultural
developments that had already generated the strong ideas of social
personhood inherent in the ideal types of the gentleman, the
manager, and Homo Digitalis. Subjectivity Transformed is a
major contribution to legal and social theory and, with its
original analysis of the formation of modern subjectivity, it will
be of interest to students and scholars throughout the social
sciences and humanities.
As many disciplines in the humanities have experienced a focus on
culture?s impact in recent decades, questions surrounding the
significance of media such as writing, print, and computer networks
have become increasingly relevant. This book seeks to demonstrate
that a media and cultural theory perspective can also be highly
productive for legal theory. Thomas Vesting approaches law as an
artificial and constructive element within culture and emphasizes
the many possibilities that varied forms of media have opened to
law, from oral history through to scripture, print and modern day
digital networks. While providing historical examples for these
theoretical assumptions, the connections between media and law are
reconstructed in a practical way and with an eye toward the future.
The book closes with an analysis of our present age as a network
culture and discusses how this metaphorical framework can be of use
in thinking about issues such as constitutionalism, human rights,
the state, democracy and education. Legal Theory and the Media of
Law will be of great interest to legal, cultural and media
theorists as well as academics of politics, sociology and
philosophy.
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Wissen des Rechts (Paperback)
Alexander Somek; Commentary by Andreas Funke, Thomas Vesting
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R536
Discovery Miles 5 360
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Das positive Recht ist das Objekt des rechtlichen Wissens. Aber wer
oder was ist sein Subjekt? Ist es "die" Rechtswissenschaft? Ist es
die jeweils zu einer Entscheidung befugte Stelle? Oder ist es gar
"das Recht selbst"? Im Hauptbeitrag dieses Bandes wird die
provokante These entfaltet, dass das Recht nicht bloß Gegenstand
der Erkenntnis, sondern auch Subjekt des Erkennens ist. Den
Schlüssel zum Verständnis dieser These bildet eine Theorie der
Rechtsquellen. Diese lassen sich als Formen des Urteilens
begreifen, etwa in der Form der Behauptung, etwas gehe nicht an,
weil es das noch nie gegeben habe (Gewohnheitsrecht), oder etwas
sei unerlaubt, weil das so entschieden worden sei (Gesetzesrecht).
Keine Quelle kann für sich selbst sprechen. Sie bedarf der
Vermittlung durch eine andere. Zwischen den Quellen entsteht
solcherart ein spannungsreiches Verhältnis von wechselseitiger
Anerkennung und Zurückweisung. Im Fall der Beziehung zwischen der
hoheitlichen Rechtsanwendung und der wissenschaftlichen
Rechtserkenntnis lässt sich dieses Verhältnis unter Anknüpfung
an Hegel als Dialektik von Herrschaft und Knechtschaft beschreiben.
Aus der Sackgasse, in die das rechtliche Wissen damit gerät,
lässt sich ein Ausweg nur finden, indem man die Theorie der
Rechtsquellen zur Theorie des Rechtsverhältnisses erweitert. Auf
deren Grundlage lässt sich die Rechtsgeltung als Konstrukt
begreifen, dessen wir uns bedienen, um mit moralischen
Auffassungsunterschieden fertig zu werden.
The rule of law in cyberspace currently faces serious challenges.
From the democratic system to the exercise of fundamental rights,
the Internet has raised a host of new issues for classic legal
institutions. This book provides a valuable contribution to the
fields of international, constitutional and administrative law
scholarship as the three interact in cyberspace.The respective
chapters cover topics such as the notion of digital states and
digital sovereignty, jurisdiction over the Internet, e-government,
and artificial intelligence. The authors are eminent scholars and
international experts with a profound knowledge of these topics.
Particular attention is paid to the areas of digital democracy,
digital media and regulation of the digital world. The approach
employed is based on a comparative perspective from Germany, the
Netherlands, Italy, Portugal and Brazil. One particular focus is on
how various legal systems are coping with increasing difficulties
in the exercise of democracy with regard to disinformation and hate
speech. The roles of legislators, the judicial system and public
administrations are analysed in the light of the latest cases,
conflicts and technologies. In addition to this comparative
approach, the book explores the evolution of rule of law in
cyberspace and the upcoming new legal regimes in the European Union
and Brazil. Special care is taken to offer a critical review of
both the literature and the latest legal solutions adopted and
being considered regarding the regulation of cyberspace from a
constitutional and administrative perspective. Given its scope, the
book will be of interest to researchers and scholars in the field
of digital law whose work involves constitutional problems in
cyberspace and/or practical problems concerning the regulation of
social networks and online commerce.
This volume presents the lectures and discussions held at the
conference of the "Vereinigung der deutschen Staatsrechtslehrer"
(the association of german professors for public law), October 1st
- Ocober 3rd, 2003, Hamburg.
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