Law As Passion : Systems Theory and Constitutional Theory in Peripheral Modernity

Inspired by the works of Professor Marcelo Neves, in this book colleagues come together to explore how their research has been influenced by non-European and post-colonial approaches. With a foreword by Karl-Heinz Ladeur, it features essays written by leading scholars in the fields of sociology of law and constitutional theory – including Hauke Brunkhorst, Darío Rodrígues, Kimmo Nuotio and Pablo Holmes. The content is divided into four sections, the first of which, “Law, State, and Global Crisis,” covers topics related to the modern constitutional state, the crisis of global capitalism, and the global rule of law. The second, “Symbolic Constitutionalization,” analyzes challenges to constitutionalism in the “Peripheral Modernity.” The authors in the third section examine how the concept of “Transconstitutionalism” can shed new light on contemporary debates concerning global public law. In turn, the last section of the book, “Systems Theory and Public Law,” addresses systems theory issues in the fields of legal history and administrative law. The book presents a relevant and original discussion encompassing such diverse fields as constitutional theory, international law, systems theory, and sociology of constitutions. Foreword: Marcelo Neves Between Hydra and Hercules......Page 5 Preface......Page 13 Contents......Page 15 Part I: Law, State and Global Crisis......Page 17 The Capitalist State in the Crisis of Global Capitalism......Page 18 1 Crisis of Normative Orders......Page 19 2 Capitalist State......Page 26 3 Capitalism with Socialist Characteristics......Page 29 4 Two Problems: ``Horizontal ́ ́ Inequalities and Secular Stagnation......Page 30 5 Political Victory of the Right and Future Perspectives......Page 32 References......Page 36 Towards a Global Rule of Law: Global Law in the Context of Law and Development Studies......Page 40 1 Setting the Scene......Page 41 2 Theorizing Justice or Rather: Addressing Injustice in Practice?......Page 45 3 The Perspective of Law and Development......Page 46 4 Rule of Law in a Global Context......Page 50 5 The Venice Commission Setting the New European Standard......Page 54 6 Towards Rule of Law and Development in a Global Setting......Page 56 References......Page 60 Part II: Symbolic Constitutionalization......Page 63 Symbolic Constitutionalization and Constitutional Debate in Chile......Page 64 1 Politics and Law: The Constitution as Structural Coupling......Page 65 2 Demands for Constitutional Changes in Chile......Page 68 3 Symbolic Legislation......Page 71 4.1 Functional Differentiation of Society and Fundamental Rights......Page 76 4.2 Division of Powers and Difference Between Policy and Administration......Page 77 4.3 Difficulties in the Process of Preparing the Constitution......Page 78 5 Conclusions......Page 81 References......Page 83 A (More) Cosmopolitan Sociology of Constitutions: Marcelo Neves ́ Theory of Symbolic Constitutionalization......Page 85 1 Introduction......Page 86 2 ``Brazil Does Not Exist! ́ ́: Modern Society as World Society......Page 88 3 Inclusion/Exclusion or Center/Periphery: Avoiding Misconceptions......Page 92 4 Symbolic Constitutionalization: The Institutional Stabilization of Under- and Over-Citizenship......Page 97 5 Conclusions......Page 100 References......Page 101 Constitutionalism Seen from the Periphery: A Perspective About the Contribution of Marcelo Neves......Page 104 1 Introduction......Page 105 2 Law Positivity and the Concept of Constitution......Page 106 3 Law and Politics Among the Over-Integrated and Under-Integrated......Page 108 4 Reflecting on Law and the Constitution from the Periphery of World Society......Page 111 5 Brazilian Peripheral Constitutionalism in Perspective......Page 114 References......Page 119 Democratic Legitimation Without Inclusion: An Evolutionary Approach to Brazilian Societal Crisis......Page 121 1 Introduction......Page 122 2 Outlines of an Evolutionary Theory of Sociological Legitimation......Page 123 2.1 Gene-Culture Coevolution: Social Legitimation as a By-Product of Cultural Evolution......Page 124 2.2 Multilevel Selection and the Evolution of Complex Societies......Page 128 3 Constitutional Legitimacy as a Multilevel Systemic Adaptation......Page 132 4 An Evolutionary Analysis of Symbolic Constitutionalization: The Brazilian Deconstruction of Liberal Democracy......Page 135 5 Concluding Remarks......Page 139 References......Page 140 Part III: Transconstitutionalism......Page 145 Trans-anticonstitutionalism......Page 146 1 Introduction......Page 147 2 Social Environment and Displacement of Norms......Page 149 3 Asymmetries of World Society and Communication Flows......Page 152 4 The Formation of Autocracies in the Beginning of the 21st Century: An Anticonstitutionalist Global Movement......Page 154 5 Flows of Trans-anticonstitucionalism......Page 159 6 Conclusion......Page 165 United States......Page 166 Bibliography......Page 167 Between Transconstitutionalism and Technical Practices: Normative Challenges for Brazilian Legal Order......Page 171 1 Introduction......Page 172 2 Horizontality of Statehood: Privatization and Architecture of the Network as Conditioning Factors......Page 173 3 For a Narrative of Mutual Learning......Page 175 3.1 The Incorporation of Technical Values by the Legal System......Page 177 3.2 The Incorporation of Legal Values Through Technical Practices......Page 178 4 For Openness of Transconstitutionalism......Page 180 5 The Destructive Potential of Technical and Legal Normativity......Page 184 6 The Problematic Relationship Between Technical Practices and Legal Norms: The Brazilian Case......Page 186 References......Page 189 Legal Decisions......Page 191 1 Introduction: Max Weber ́s Solution to an Intractable Problem......Page 192 2 The Tension Between the Normative and the Sociological Points of View......Page 194 3 Luhmann ́s Breakthrough: The Point of View of Society ́s Communications, Not of the Individual Subject ́s Reason......Page 196 4 The Content of a Systemic Normativity: Two Examples......Page 198 4.1 Luhmann ́s View on the Welfare State......Page 199 4.2 Marcelo Neves ́s Concept of Transconstitutionalism......Page 200 5 Beyond Functional Differentiation: Back to the Agency Normative Point of View?......Page 205 References......Page 206 Part IV: Systems Theory and Public Law......Page 209 A Few Notes on the Uses of Historiography in Sociology: The Case of World Society and the Necessity of Historical Reconstructi.........Page 210 1 Introduction......Page 211 2 World Society as a Historiographical Problem......Page 212 3 The First Sociological Approaches to World Society and Their Obstacles......Page 214 4 Luhmann ́s Concept of World Society and the Necessity of Historical Reconstruction......Page 217 5 Taking History Seriously in Systems Theory......Page 219 6 Final Considerations......Page 222 References......Page 223 The Intersystemic Rationality of Administrative Law: Reflexiveness, Structural Couplings and Environmental Observation......Page 226 1 Introduction: Social Systems Theory and Administrative Legal Science......Page 227 2 The Intersystemic Rationality of Administrative Law......Page 231 3.1 Reflexiveness......Page 236 3.2 Structural Couplings......Page 241 3.3 Environmental Observation......Page 244 4 Concluding Remarks......Page 247 References......Page 248 Inspired by the works of Professor Marcelo Neves, in this book colleagues come together to explore how their research has been influenced by non-European and post-colonial approaches. With a foreword by Karl-Heinz Ladeur, it features essays written by leading scholars in the fields of sociology of law and constitutional theory including Hauke Brunkhorst, Dario Rodrigues, Kimmo Nuotio and Pablo Holmes