The Type Theory of Law

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Integral Theories of Law

   • Marko Novak

   Pages 1-13

3. Understanding Law and Legal Practice Through Jungian Type Theory

   • Marko Novak

   Pages 15-47

4. Historical Types of Law

   • Marko Novak

   Pages 49-70

5. Psychological-Typological Reading of Integral Theories of Law

   • Marko Novak

   Pages 71-97

6. The Type Theory of Law

   • Marko Novak

   Pages 99-113

This volume presents a Type Theory of Law (TTL), claiming that this is a unique theory of law that stems from the philosophical understanding of Jung’s psychological types applied to the phenomenon of law. Furthermore, the TTL claims to be a universal, general and descriptive account of law. To prove that, the book first presents the fundamentals of Jungian psychological types, as they had been invented by Jung and consequently developed further by his followers. The next part of the book describes how the typological structure of an individual determines their understanding of law. It then addresses the way in which inclusive legal theory can be understood based on this typology. Finally, the book describes the TTL in general and descriptive terms and puts it into context. All in all, the book shows how the integral or inclusive approach to understanding the nature of law is not only in tune with our time, but also relevant for presenting a more persuasive picture of law than the older exclusivist or dualist approaches of strict natural law and rigid legal positivism did.

• Psychoanalytic Jurisprudence
• Law and Psychology
• Critical Legal Studies
• Law and Critique
• Judicial Decision-Making
• Theory of Law
• Law Creation and Law Application
• Three-Dimensional Theory of Law
• Legal Principles and Legal Rules
• Harmonious Types of Law
• Systematic Law
• Weberian and Jungian Types
• Mystic Law
• Religious Types of Law
• Psychological Type Theory
• Weberian and Jungian Types

• European Faculty of Law, Nova Gorica, Slovenia

  Marko Novak

Marko Novak Born in 1967. LL.B. and LL.D. from Ljubljana University Faculty of Law, LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center (U.S.). More than a decade a legal advisor at the Slovene Constitutional Court. Now associate professor of legal theory and constitutional law. Dean of the European Faculty of Law, Slovenia. Vice-president of the Slovene Council for the Judiciary. Academic writings mainly from the area of psychoanalitic jurisprudence and legal argumentation.  

 

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