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Zjawisko multicentryczności systemu prawa z perspektywy koncepcji integracyjnej
The phenomenon of legal system polycentricism from the integrative concept perspective

Author(s): Artur Kotowski
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Instytut Nauk Prawnych PAN
Keywords: polycentricism; legal system; integrative concept; multiculturalism; ontology

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the theory of legal system polycentricism from a new perspective, i.e. the one integrating essentially contradictory concepts which explain this phenomenon in the context of the Polish jurisprudence. Apart from attempting to establish “common features” of these well-known concepts explaining the essence of polycentricism in the legal field, the presented point of view pertains to defining the relationship between the phenomenon of polycentricism from the legal discourse theory perspective and the Luhmann’s systems theory. The paper aims to prove the thesis that at present the legal system is internally taking on (transforming into) the heterogeneous type of internal structure due to interaction with already polycentric non-juristic domain, i.e. the social one.

  • Issue Year: 204/2015
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 101-122
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish
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