Recensión: Hauke Brunkhorst, Critical Theory of Legal Revolutions. Evolutionary Perspectives. London: Bloomsbury, 2014, 471 pp.

Abstract Based on an attempt of harmonization of the possibilities of observation (external and internal) that systems and critical theory offer, Hauke Brunkhorst deploys in Critical Theory of Legal Revolutions a particular understanding of social evolution. In accordance with the mentioned traditions, his comprehension of the evolution of society takes into account not only the existence of evolutionary changes of gradual character (by growth of systemic complexity) but also of rapid or revolutionary character (through structural social conflict). Whilst the latter need the former in order to...