Unjust Legality: A Critique of Habermas's Philosophy of Law

by James L. Marsh

Book Overview

This book is an interpretation and critique of Habermas's philosophy of law in his Between Facts and Norms. The main point is that, while Habermas is insightful in laying out a new conceptual and methodological foundation for the philosophy of law, the book is flawed by a fundamental contradiction: that between the notion of a democracy ruled by law and capitalism. Because capitalism is essentially undemocratic both in its internal economic workings...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742512614
• ISBN13: 9780742512610
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"