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Autopoietic law

The application of autopoiesis theory to legal systems, viewing law as a self-reproducing system that generates its own norms, procedures, and doctrines through internal operations. Developed by Gunther Teubner, this framework explains how legal systems maintain operational closure while remaining cognitively open to their social environment.

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