Social Systems Theory and Judicial Review: Taking Jurisprudence Seriously
In: Studies in Modern Law and Policy
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Table of Cases -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Society and its Law -- Law: Origin, Function, Differentiation -- In Search of a Foundation -- Meaning, Communication, Autopoiesis -- Normative Closure -- Modernity as Functional Differentiation -- 1 Rights before the Court -- Judge-Made Law and Socio-Legal Studies -- Fundamental Rights -- Constitutional Adjudication: Law at a Crossroads -- Judicial Review as Law's Self-Steering -- The Court as Decision Networks -- Reading Jurisprudence Systemically -- 2 Racial Exclusion: State Action and System-Reference -- Jury Service and Law -- Suffrage and Politics -- Public Transportation/Accommodation and the Medium of Money -- School Desegregation and Public Education -- How Race Matters -- 3 Racial Inclusion: Strict Scrutiny and Functional Relevance -- Constitution and Race: To See or Not to See -- Contexts and Systems -- Strict Scrutiny and Functional Analysis -- The Measure of Neutrality -- From Class to Classification -- 4 Religion and Law: Organizations and Programs -- A Double Bind -- Public Funding -- Access to Public Fora -- Religion and Public Education -- Religious Accommodation -- From Classification to Societal System -- 5 Privacy as Structural Coupling -- Selective Self-Presentation -- Moral Individualism and Division of Labor -- Groups and Secrecy -- Social Systems and Privacy -- Privacy Jurisprudence: Preliminary Explorations -- Concluding Remarks -- Conclusion -- References