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Habermas,
Modernity and Law
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edited
by
Mathieu Deflem
edited
by deflem@sc.edu
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Sage
Publications 1996
ISBN
0761951369 (hardback) 0761951377 (paper)
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Scroll
down for synopsis and table of contents.
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"For
those who would rather read about Habermas than read Habermas, this is
your book... Habermas, Modernity and Law is therefore a very useful volume
which should encourage potential readers of Habermas to take the plunge
and engage their minds with his work..." [more]
--Katherine
Beaty Chiste, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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SYNOPSIS |
The
work of Jürgen Habermas has long been regarded as central to the development
of social and political theory and philosophy in the late twentieth century.
With the publication of his latest book Between Facts and Norms, Habermas
signalled the importance of exploring modern legal theory to our understanding
of democratic society.
The
contributors to Habermas, Modernity and Law provide a clear introduction
to this key development in Habermas's work. With chapters ranging from
the possibility of valid law to discourse ethics and human rights, they
successfully integrate a broad range of Habermas's writings with his recent
thoughts on the place of the law in contemporary theory. Habermas himself
contributes a postscript to Between Facts and Norms, providing a fascinating
overview of his current thinking.
This
book will be useful for academics and students in philosophy and social,
legal, and political theory.
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS |
Mathieu
Deflem
Introduction:
Law in Habermas's Theory of Communicative Action [online
copy].
David
M Rasmussen
How
Is Valid Law Possible? A Review of Between Facts and Norms by Jürgen
Habermas
Pierre
Guibentif
Approaching
the Production of Law through Habermas's Concept of Communicative Action
Peter
Bal
Discourse
Ethics and Human Rights in Criminal Procedure
Bernhard
Peters
On
Reconstructive Legal and Political Theory
Jürgen
Habermas
Postscript
to Between Facts and Norms
Mathieu
Deflem
Habermas,
Modernity and Law: A Bibliography [1994
pdf version]
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