Law’s movement

Jonathan Crowe

doi:10.4324/9781315185408-4

Law’s movement

Jonathan Crowe

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Abstract

Law oscillates. It exists in time and therefore in movement. Law changes, and this change marks the passage of time. Change possibly is time (Reichenbach, 1958; Grünbaum, 1963; cf. Smart, 1969). Law’s movement, however, is not simply linear. It is not a one-way journey from A to B. It is, rather, an oscillation between centres of gravity. Law moves from A to B, then back to A again. Law returns. Law’s oscillation takes many forms, but one of the most basic is the movement of law between order and disorder. Law seeks order, but social reality intrudes. Order becomes disorder.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Global governance and regulation
Subtitle of host publication	Order and disorder in the 21st century
Editors	D Ireland-Piper, L Wolff
Place of Publication	Oxon
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	3
Pages	24-32
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9781351734011
ISBN (Print)	9781472489012
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315185408-4
Publication status	Published - 2018

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