Between Facts and Norms

Contributions to a Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy

Jürgen Habermas (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

636 Seiten

1996
Polity Press (Verlag)
978-0-7456-1229-4 (ISBN)

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aeo This is Habermasa s long--awaited work on law and democracy. aeo It develops a distinctive account of the nature of law and an original concept of democracy. aeo As one of Habermasa s most important works, it will be recognized as a major contribution to current debates in social theory, political theory, and philosophy.

Jürgen Habermas is a German philosopher and sociologist in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism. He is perhaps best known for his theories on communicative rationality and the public sphere. In 2014, Prospect readers chose Habermas as one of their favourites among the "world's leading thinkers".

Translator's Introduction. Preface.

1. Law as a Category of Social Mediation between Facts and Norms.

2. The Sociology of Law versus the Philosophy of Justice.

3. A Reconstructive Approach to Law I: The System of Rights.

4. A Reconstructive Approach to Law II: The Principles of the Constitutional State. 5. The Indeterminacy of Law and the Rationality of Adjudication.

6. Judiciary and Legislature: On the Role and Legitimacy of Constitutional Adjudication.

7. Deliberative Politics: A Procedural Concept of Democracy.

8. Civil Society and the Political Public Sphere.

9. Paradigms of Law. Postscript (1994).

Appendices.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	7.7.1996
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
ISBN-10	0-7456-1229-6 / 0745612296
ISBN-13	978-0-7456-1229-4 / 9780745612294
Zustand	Neuware