Weber, habermas and transformation of the European state : constitutional, social, and supranational democracy
by John P. Mc Cormick.
- Cambridge : Cambridge university press, 2007.
- 301 p.
Table of contents: Chapter 1. Introduction: theorizing modern transformations of law and democracy Chapter 2. The historical logic(s) of Habermas's critique of Weber's "sociology of law" Chapter 3. The puzzle of law, democracy and historical change in Weber's "sociology of law" Chapter 4. Habermas's deliberatively legal Sozialstaat: democracy, adjudication and reflexive law Chapter 5. Habermas on the European union: normative aspirations, empirical questions and historical assumptions Chapter 6. The structural transformation to the supranational Sektoralstaat and prospects for democracy in the EU Chapter 7. Conclusion: Habermas's philosophy of history and the future of Europe Index.