The Transformations of Modern Law

Frydman, Benoit

The Transformations of Modern Law

Les transformations du droit moderne. Introduction aux grands courants du droit contemporain, réalisé pour la Fondation Roi Baudouin, 1998

98 Pages Posted: 7 Jan 2012

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Benoit Frydman

Perelman Centre for Legal Philosophy; Sciences Po School of Law

Date Written: January 6, 1998

Abstract

A historical and prospective account of the transformations of legal systems and legal thinking on four subjects: global vision of law (paradigm); social contract and the State; justice and the Judges ; legal interactions and interpersonal relationships. The essay covers three periods of time: the roots of modern law; Welfare state and its crisis; the near future. It tests three competitive hypotheses regarding the current transformations affecting the law: the economical model; the procedural model and the communitarian model.

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Keywords: philosophy of law, jurisprudence, social contract, justice, welfare state

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Frydman, Benoit, The Transformations of Modern Law (January 6, 1998). Les transformations du droit moderne. Introduction aux grands courants du droit contemporain, réalisé pour la Fondation Roi Baudouin, 1998, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1980652