Law as Passion

Inspired by the works of Professor Marcelo Neves, in this book colleagues come together to explore how their research has been influenced by non-European and post-colonial approaches. With a foreword by Karl-Heinz Ladeur, it features essays written by leading scholars in the fields of sociology of law and constitutional theory - including Hauke Brunkhorst, Dario Rodrigues, Kimmo Nuotio and Pablo Holmes.The content is divided into four sections, the first of which, "e;Law, State, and Global Crisis,"e; covers topics related to the modern constitutional state, the crisis of global capitalism, and the global rule of law. The second, "e;Symbolic Constitutionalization,"e; analyzes challenges to constitutionalism in the "e;Peripheral Modernity."e; The authors in the third section examine how the concept of "e;Transconstitutionalism"e; can shed new light on contemporary debates concerning global public law. In turn, the last section of the book, "e;Systems Theory and Public Law,"e; addresses systems theory issues in the fields of legal history and administrative law.The book presents a relevant and original discussion encompassing such diverse fields as constitutional theory, international law, systems theory, and sociology of constitutions.