Habermas - The Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy

Zusatztext "Baxter's study offers the first extended discussion of the development of Habermas's views on law and society—a development not without its own tensions and difficulties—from The Theory of Communicative Action to Between Facts and Norms . It also highlights the underacknowledged influence of Niklas Luhmann, the other great contemporary German legal and social theorist, on Habermas's views as a whole. An informed and important contribution to our understanding of Habermas's political, legal, and social theory." Informationen zum Autor Hugh Baxter is Professor of Law and Philosophy at Boston University. Klappentext This book offers a critical analysis of the complex theory of law and democracy developed by celebrated German philosopher and public intellectual Jurgen Habermas. Zusammenfassung This book offers a critical analysis of the complex theory of law and democracy developed by celebrated German philosopher and public intellectual Jürgen Habermas.

Product details

• Authors: Hugh Baxter
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.05.2011
• EAN: 9780804769129
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-6912-9
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Jurists: Profiles in Legal The; Jurists: Profiles in Legal Theory; Jurists: Profiles in Legal The; Jurists: Profiles in Legal Theory
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law