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Complexity Theory As A Paradigm For The Dynamical Law-And-Society System: A Wake-Up Call For Legal Reductionism And The Modern Administrative State, J.B. Ruhl Jan 1996

Complexity Theory As A Paradigm For The Dynamical Law-And-Society System: A Wake-Up Call For Legal Reductionism And The Modern Administrative State, J.B. Ruhl

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

This article is the first in my series of articles exploring the application of complex adaptive systems (CAS) theory to legal systems. It builds the basic model of CAS and maps it onto legal systems, offering some suggestions for what it means in terms of legal institution and instrument design.