Habermas
Subtitle: the discourse theory of law and democracy
By: Hugh Baxter
Series: Jurists--profiles in legal theory
Publisher: Stanford Law Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9780804769129
Description: This work bridges the gap between legal experts and those without special legal training, critically assessing the attempt of an unquestionably pre-eminent philosopher and social theorist to engage the world of law.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Basic concepts in Habermas's theory of communicative action; title: Habermas's "reconstruction" of modern law; title: Discourse theory and the theory and practice of adjudication; title: System, lifeworld, and Habermas's "communication theory of society"; title: After between facts and norms : religion in the public square, multiculturalism, and the "postnational constellation".