Habermas [[electronic resource] ] : the discourse theory of law and democracy / / Hugh Baxter

• Autore: Baxter Hugh
• Pubblicazione: Stanford, Calif., : Stanford Law Books, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (349 p.)
• Disciplina: 340/.1
• Soggetto topico: Law - Philosophy; Sociological jurisprudence; Democracy - Philosophy; Discourse analysis
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Basic concepts in Habermas's theory of communicative action -- Habermas's "reconstruction" of modern law -- Discourse theory and the theory and practice of adjudication -- System, lifeworld, and Habermas's "communication theory of society" -- After between facts and norms : religion in the public square, multiculturalism, and the "postnational constellation".
• Sommario/riassunto: Though many legal theorists are familiar with Jürgen Habermas's work addressing core legal concerns, they are not necessarily familiar with his earlier writings in philosophy and social theory. Because Habermas's later work on law invokes, without significant explanation, the whole battery of concepts developed in earlier phases of his career, even otherwise sympathetically inclined legal theorists face significant obstacles in evaluating his insights. A similar difficulty faces those outside the legal academy who are familiar with Habermas's earlier work. While they readily compr
• Titolo autorizzato: Habermas
• ISBN: 0-8047-7781-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789534103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Jurists-- profiles in legal theory.