2025/08/23 by Bex, Maxim
paper · doi:10.17605/osf.io/t2cda
This project provides the preprint and supporting materials for the paper, "A Cybernetic Model of Jurisprudence." The central goal of this work is to offer a new analytical lens for the philosophy of law, one that is dynamic, integrative, and process-oriented. Traditional jurisprudence often presents legal theories like natural law, legal positivism, and legal realism as mutually exclusive schools of thought. This project challenges that static view by proposing a model where these theories represent distinct, necessary phases within a single, recursive lifecycle of legal norm-creation and adaptation. Drawing on concepts from cybernetics and systems theory, the model frames law as a living system that responds to environmental feedback. It details the journey of a legal norm from its empirical origins as a social problem, through its filtration by societal values and its formal codification, to its ultimate test in real-world application and evaluation. This OSF project is intended to be a hub for this research. It contains: - The most recent version of the preprint PDF. - The LaTeX source code for the paper to ensure transparency and reproducibility. - (Potentially in the future) Related diagrams, presentations, or supplementary materials. The aim is to provide a comprehensive and transparent foundation for a more dynamic and systems-oriented approach to jurisprudence. Feedback and collaboration are welcome.