Frontmatter -- Introduction to Autopoietic Law / TEUBNER, GUNTHER -- The Unity of the Legal System / LUHMANN, NIKLAS -- The Law of Law / EWALD, FRANÇOIS -- On the Supposed Closure of Normative Systems / DUPUY, JEAN-PIERRE -- Between Order and Disorder: The Game of Law / OST, FRANÇOIS -- Biological Metaphors in Legal Thought / ROTTLEUTHNER, HUBERT -- The Communicative Autonomy of the Legal System / DEGGAU, HANS-GEORG -- The Autonomy of Law: Two Visions Compared / LEMPERT, RICHARD -- Changing Paradigms in the Sociology of Law / NELKEN, DAVID -- Evolution of Autopoietic Law / TEUBNER, GUNTHER -- Perspectives on a Post-Modern Theory of Law: A Critique of Niklas Luhmann, "The Unity of the Legal System" / LADEUR, KARL-HEINZ -- Accounting for Law / HELLER, THOMAS C. -- The Fact of Law / NERHOT, PATRICK -- Closure and Openness: On Reality in the World of Law / LUHMANN, NIKLAS -- Talking About Autopoiesis — Order From Noise? / Kennealy, Peter -- Authors' Biographical Sketches -- Name Index -- Subject Indexweiterlesen