Between facts and norms : Contributions to a discourse theory of law and democracy / Jurgen Habermas ; translated by William Rehg
Imprint
Chicago, MASS : The MIT Press, 1998
Edition
1st ed
Descript
xliii, 631p. ; 24 cm
CONTENT
Law as a category of social mediation between facts and norms -- The sociology of law versus the philosophy of justice -- A reconstructive approach to law I: the system of rights -- A reconstructive approach to law II: The principles of the constitutional state -- The indeterminacy of law and the rationality of adjudication -- Judiciary and legislature: on the role and legitimacy of constitutional adjudication -- Deliberative politics: a procedural concept of democracy -- Civil society and the political public sphere -- Paradigms of law