communication studies
type: Concept
narrower: communications systems

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: communications systems

sociology of law
type: Concept
narrower: communications systems

telecommunication systems
type: Concept
broader: communications systems

communications systems
type: Concept
definition: For legal sociology, it is useful to conceive of the law not as a system of actions, persons, or institutions, but as a system of communications. This permits an analysis based on media theory and a consideration of the consequences of media change on legal culture.Luhmann's Theory of CommunicationScholars commonly conceive of society as a system comprising several subsystems, such as politics, economy, religion, art, science, or law. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives; Communications Systems]
narrower: telecommunication systems
broader: sociology of law
broader: communication studies