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HauptbeschreibungSeit einigen Jahren beschäftigen sich Sozial-, Politik- und Rechtswissenschaftler mit dem Wandel des Staates als Organisations- und Herrschaftsform. Doch wie misst oder beschreibt man die Transformation eines so abstrakten Gegenstandes? Gunnar Folke Schuppert beschreibt anhand zahlreicher Beispiele den Wandel des Staates als einen vielschichtigen, keineswegs einheitlichen Prozess, in dem sich kontinuierlich Strukturen auflösen, Akteure an Einfluss verlieren, neue Akteure hinzukommen und jenseits des Nationalstaats neue Formen der Herrschaft entstehen.€Biographische Inform.

Zusammenfassung
Der Artikel gliedert sich nach den drei zentralen Aspekten der Äußerung von Kritik: Der Rolle und Relevanz von Akteuren, der Bedeutung kommunikativer Prozesse und der Notwendigkeit der Identifikation der jeweiligen Arena, in der soziale Sachverhalte aufeinandertreffen und verhandelt werden. Die Zivilgesellschaft ist hierbei ein besonders zentraler Ort der kontinuierlichen Aushandlung dieser Wechselverhältnisse. Sie ist geradezu par excellence durch kommunikationsintensive Prozesse gekennzeichnet, wie etwa die Rolle von Religionsgemeinschaften als Kommunikationsgemeinschaften in ihr illustriert.

"This book takes a stand against the narrowing focus of (German) jurisprudence on state law, rooted in the history of the territorially organised nation state. In the shadow of this tradition, state(-hood) law was only conceived of as state law. However, a gradual decoupling of state and law is observable – not least because of globalisation – which inevitably entails a pluralisation of legal regulations. Jurisprudence has to react to this, if it wants to remain relevant. This can happen through a broadening of its horizon towards a more far-reaching "science of regulation", in order to grasp the increasing "Variety of Rules" adequately. State law remains an important and central type of law, yet it is no longer the sole type. If that is the case, it becomes necessary to analyse the following three spheres: (1) the plurality of normative orders, especially those of non-state character; (2) the plurality of norm producers, from state legislature to transnational networks of regulation; (3) finally, the plurality of norm enforcement regimes, from states' judiciaries via the judiciary of (international) sport to the exercise of social pressure (e. g. political correctness). Those findings of plurality inevitably lead to the follow-up problem of a redefinition of the concept of law and to the question, which types of law/norms can be identified meaningfully."

"The enactment and enforcement of law is regarded as one of the most important attributes of sovereign statehood. Traditionally, 'sovereignty' has been understood as meaning the special quality of a state expressed in its ability to shape its own legal system and to enforce it within the territorial limits of its jurisdiction. Hence the question of the extent to which member states of the European Union are still masters of their legal systems turns out to be a crucial test of their sovereignty. This chapter argues that the legal system of Germany is a Europeanized legal system, in terms both of a European modification of national laws and of a Europeanization of legal culture and modes of governance. This argument takes the form of testing the degree of Europeanization in six different cases, including the field of constitutional law. The conclusion is that the legal system of Germany is a Europeanized legal system and that the German legal profession is quite aware of this development. However, the relationship between the EU and the member states is not to be regarded as an exclusive 'top-down' process. Looking at two examples drawn from public law, the chapter shows that the political and legal European multi-level system can be understood as an ongoing process of interaction between the EU and the national legal systems." (author's abstract)

This book argues that the narrowing focus of the global history of ideas on narratives in historical research, philosophy and political theory neglects the fact that the central concepts of the history of political ideas are articulated in the language of law. Key figures of the history of ideas, like Kant, Hegel and Weber, engaged deeply with the philosophy and sociology of law. This monograph reveals the significance of the legal semantics of the history of ideas.