Edited, with a revised translation and new introduction, by Christian Morgner and Michael King
Original translation by Howard Davies, John Raffan and Kathryn Rooney
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First published in German as N. Luhmann, Vertrauen (1973, Ferdinand Enke Verlag, Stuttgart) and N. Luhmann, Macht (1975, Ferdinand Enke Verlag, Stuttgart)
Current German copyright: © 2012/2014, UVK Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Konstanz/Germany
First English edition published as N. Luhmann, Trust and Power © 1979, John Wiley and Sons Limited (Translated by Howard Davies, John Raffan and Kathryn Rooney. Edited by Tom Burns and Gianfranco Poggi)
This English edition: Introduction and Editors’ Note © Christian Morgner and Michael King. Text © Polity Press, 2017.
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