Habermas, modernity and law

Abstract

law A bibliographyThis bibliography provides a selection of the literature related to Habermas's approach to law, including Habermas's most central writings on the matter. While I have striven for comprehensiveness, certain omissions may no doubt have occurred. The present selection, however, may be a helpful guide to acquaint a broad audience of scholars in legal studies with what has unquestionably grown into a very extensive debate.The bibliography is divided into two parts. The first section covers the most important writings Jfrgen Habermas has devoted to the study of law. I have also added the most significant of Habermas's related texts on politics, democracy and the welfare state, specifically his excursions on current political affairs in united Europe and (re)united Germany. This selection includes German original writings and English translations, which are cross-referenced.The second section includes secondary writings addressing issues of Habermas's thought on law. To ease entry into this wide-ranging debate, the secondary writings are divided in three parts: (1) general discussions related to Habermas's legal theory, including works which have been influential for the development of Habermas's approach; (2) works that specifically criticize and/or apply Habermas's theory in the field of legal studies; and (3) discussions of Habermas's perspective of discourse ethics in relation to law. On the latter issue, I have in this bibliography retained only writings that discuss themes more narrowly related to law. For additional sources the reader may consult the

Classical sociology and cosmopolitanism: a critical defence of the social

“…Cultural rights require an open‐ended opportunity of dialogue between host and minority, but also between anthropologists and ‘their subjects’. These ideas have been extensively rehearsed in the literature on human rights (Deflem 1996; Deveaux 2000), but in this argument my intention is to develop what I want to call ‘a critical recognition theory’. It is not enough in recognition ethics simply to recognize the Other.…”

Innovative learning environments: Beginning with the concept

“…Various philosophers (Taylor, 1996;Thompson, 1984;Deflem, 1996;Searle, 1995) suggest that social imaginaries are a group's (society's) representation and understanding of the symbolic world in which they live. It is a way of creating a shared understanding of the social and organisational symbols of a shared social Figure 3: Professional possiblities existence.…”

Francisco Castillejos. La Ratio Iuris en la era de la Postmetafísica. Jürgen Habermas y la nueva fundamentación teórico-discursiva de la filosofía del derecho

“…Mientras que en el ámbito de la filosofía y las ciencias sociales el pensamiento filosófico de Habermas ha estado sujeto a diversas recepciones reconstructivas y críticas, tanto en inglés -como la obra de Thomas McCarthy (1978)-como en alemán -estando en este idioma las mejores reconstrucciones, como las compilaciones de Axel Honneth, Thomas McCarthy, Claus Offe y Albrecht Wellmer (Honneth et al, 1989) de la ética discursiva en el discurso jurídico (Rehg, 1994), al igual que otros como Mathieu Deflem (1996), Andrew Arato y Michel Rosenfeld (1998), en el contexto alemán esta obra ha producido destacadas contribuciones, como las de Marcelo Neves (2000), Tobias Lieber (2007), Gary Schaal 2009, Andreas Wagner 2010y Peter Koller y Christian Hiebaum (2016), las cuales han puesto la obra que nos ocupa en discusión con el pensamiento de otros e importantes filósofos políticos y del derecho contemporáneos.…”