Social Systems Theory and Judicial Review

Taking Jurisprudence Seriously

Katayoun Baghai (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

192 Seiten

2017
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-73201-8 (ISBN)

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This book demonstrates the empirical gains and integrative potentials of social systems theory for the sociology of law. Against a backdrop of classical and contemporary sociological debates about law and society, it observes judicial review as an instrument for the self-steering of a functionally differentiated legal system. This allows close investigation of the US Supreme Court’s jurisprudence of rights, both in legal terms and in relation to structural transformations of modern society. The result is a thought-provoking account of conceptual and doctrinal developments concerning racial discrimination, race-based affirmative action, freedom of religion, and prohibition of its establishment, detailing the Court’s response to boundary tensions between functionally differentiated social systems. Preliminary examination of the European Court of Human Rights’ privacy jurisprudence suggests the pertinence of the analytic framework to other rights and jurisdictions. This contribution is particularly timely in the context of increasing appeals to fundamental rights around the world and the growing role of national and international high courts in determining their concrete meanings.

Katayoun Baghai is a FRQSC post-doctoral fellow and a visiting scholar at the Department of Law, Queen Mary University of London. She holds a doctorate in Sociology from McGill University, Montréal.

Contents: Preface; Introduction; Rights before the court; Racial exclusion: state action and system-reference; Racial inclusion: strict scrutiny and functional relevance; Religion and law: organizations and programs; Privacy as structural coupling; Conclusion; References; Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	03.05.2017
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Modern Law and Policy
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► Arbeits- / Sozialrecht ► Sozialrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Völkerrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-138-73201-X / 113873201X
ISBN-13	978-1-138-73201-8 / 9781138732018
Zustand	Neuware