New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2004. Translated by Klaus A. Ziegert. Edited by Fatima Kastner, Richard Nobles, David Schiff, and Rosamund Ziegert. For the first time in English, this is a translation of the acclaimed German work "Das Recht der Gesellschaft", first published by Suhrkamp in 1993. A classic work which provides a full statement of the frequently misunderstood systems theory by Niklas Luhmann, its leading exponent.