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Golia, Angelo Jr. "Strikes, Emergent Systems, and the Law" Rechtstheorie 55.1-2, 2024, 77-94. https://doi.org/10.3790/rth.2025.409784
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Strikes, Emergent Systems, and the Law

Golia, Angelo Jr.

Rechtstheorie, Vol. 55(2024), Iss. 1–2 : pp. 77–94 | First published online: August 28, 2025

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Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Angelo Jr Golia, Rome: Strikes, Emergent Systems, and the Law 77
I. Consciousness, Communication, and the Emergence of New Trends and Subjectivities in the Practice of Strikes 77
II. Teubner’s Emergence Theory 80
III. The Strike at the Emergence Thresholds 81
1. Between Consciousness and Communication: The Threshold Between Psychic and Social Systems 81
2. Inside Communication: The Strike in Social Systems 83
a) The Threshold Between Interaction and Organisation 83
b) The Threshold Between Interaction and Function Systems 85
IV. Conclusions 89
References 90

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