Habermas : the discourse theory of law and democracy / Hugh Baxter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baxter, Hugh.

Series:

Jurists-- profiles in legal theory.

Jurists-- profiles in legal theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Habermas, Jürgen.

Law--Philosophy.

Law.

Sociological jurisprudence.

Democracy--Philosophy.

Democracy.

Discourse analysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (349 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Law Books, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Though many legal theorists are familiar with Jürgen Habermas's work addressing core legal concerns, they are not necessarily familiar with his earlier writings in philosophy and social theory. Because Habermas's later work on law invokes, without significant explanation, the whole battery of concepts developed in earlier phases of his career, even otherwise sympathetically inclined legal theorists face significant obstacles in evaluating his insights. A similar difficulty faces those outside the legal academy who are familiar with Habermas's earlier work. While they readily compr

Contents:

Basic concepts in Habermas's theory of communicative action

Habermas's "reconstruction" of modern law

Discourse theory and the theory and practice of adjudication

System, lifeworld, and Habermas's "communication theory of society"

After between facts and norms : religion in the public square, multiculturalism, and the "postnational constellation".

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804777810

0804777810

OCLC:

727649242