AuthorHabermas, Jurgen
TitleBetween 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


SUBJECT

  1. Rule of law -- Social aspects
  2. Democracy -- Social aspects
  3. Sociological jurisprudence

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Political Science Library340.115 H114B CHECK SHELVES