Year: 1994
Type: article
Abstract: The forthcoming publication in English of Between Facts and Norms: Contributions to a Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy by Jürgen Habermas comes at a time when the nature and role of legal studies in the United States is being problematized. In both law schools and in the broader scientific and humanistic discussion of law (the totality of which, for the sake of brevity, I call legal studies), the consensus of more than a generation is breaking down, and a broad debate over what counts as interesting problems, adequate research, and useful results is emerging. This timing is central because Habermas has been a key figure in an important debate about the nature and prospects of social knowledge; a debate which has everything to do with the debate about the future of legal studies.
Source: Law & Society Review
DOI: 10.2307/3054004
Author: Jonathan Simon
Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2044813689