Between Facts and Norms: Contributions to a Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy

by Jürgen Habermas

Book Overview

In Between Facts and Norms, J rgen Habermas works out the legal and political implications of his Theory of Communicative Action (1981), bringing to fruition the project announced with his publication of The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere in 1962. This new work is a major contribution to recent debates on the rule of law and the possibilities of democracy in postindustrial societies, but it is much more. The introduction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262581620
• ISBN13: 9780262581622
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 676 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher