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Habermas, Modernity and Law (Philosophy and Social Criticism series)

By Mathieu Deflem

Book information

Publisher
Sage Publications Ltd
Year
1996
ISBN
0761951369, 9780761951360
LCC
K355 .H33 1996
Open Library ID
OL1015950M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6003457 bytes)
Pages
87\87
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

The work of J[um]urgen 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

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