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social science subjects > communication and media studies > communication studies > communications systems
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communications systems  

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  • 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]

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