The Dynamic Cycle of Legal Change

A complexity science approach to law and governance

“…The articles that follow take this proposition as a given and act on it using a variety of methods applied to a broad array of legal system attributes and contexts. Yet not too long ago some prominent legal scholars expressed scepticism that this field of study would produce more than broad generalizations, if even that [1][2][3]. To orient readers unfamiliar with this field and its history, here we offer a brief background on how using complexity science to study legal systems has advanced from claims of 'pseudoscience' status [3, p. 8] to a widely adopted mainstream method.…”