Gunther Teubner 
Autopoietic Law – A New Approach to Law and Society [PDF ebook] 

Frontmatter – Introduction to Autopoietic Law – The Unity of the Legal System – The Law of Law – On the Supposed Closure of Normative Systems – Between Order and Disorder: The Game of Law – Biological Metaphors in Legal Thought – The Communicative Autonomy of the Legal System – The Autonomy of Law: Two Visions Compared – Changing Paradigms in the Sociology of Law – Evolution of Autopoietic Law – Perspectives on a Post-Modern Theory of Law: A Critique of Niklas Luhmann, ‘The Unity of the Legal System’ – Accounting for Law – The Fact of Law – Closure and Openness: On Reality in the World of Law – Talking About Autopoiesis — Order From Noise? – Authors’ Biographical Sketches – Name Index – Subject Index