Abstract
Two phenomena that challenge theories of law in the beginning of the twenty-first century are the regulatory explosion and the emergence of horizontal and interactional forms of law. In this paper, I develop a theory that can address these two phenomena, namely legal interactionism, a theory inspired by the work of Fuller and Selznick. In a pluralist approach, legal interactionism recognises both interactional law and enacted law, as well as other sources such as contract. We should aim for a pluralistic and gradual concept of law. Because of this pluralist and gradual character, legal interactionism can also do justice to global legal pluralism and to the dynamic intertwinement of health law and bioethics.
This article is partly based on the book The Dynamics of Law and Morality.
Original language | Dutch |
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Article number | 1 |
Pages (from-to) | 27-42 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Netherlands Journal of Legal Philosophy |
Volume | 43 |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Research programs
- SAI 2010-01 RRL
- SAI 2010-01-II RRL sub 2