Reflections between law, politics and structural coupling
Reflections between law, politics and structural coupling
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https://doi.org/10.51473/rcmos.v1i1.2025.959Keywords:
Structural coupling; Law; Politics; ConstitutionsAbstract
The present article analyzes the formation of the coupling between Law and Politics, having as its central point the Constitutions. The approach is based on the theory of autopoietic social systems, applied to the legal field. Constitutions play a crucial role in being configured as structural couplings between Law and Politics, based on communicative processes that occur between functionally differentiated systems. These processes represent the translation of the communications that occur between the social system and the political system, giving rise to the legal texts that guide life in society and citizenship. The article, based on the work of Niklas Luhmann, is organized into three sections. Initially, a brief approach will be made to legal positivism, and models of articulation of the relations between law and politics. It then presents an overview of the topic, elucidating some of the key concepts. Finally, it explores the notion of structural coupling and examines the relationship between the political and legal systems through the Constitutions.
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