Jürgen Habermas is a German philosopher and sociologist in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism. He is perhaps best known for his theories on communicative rationality and the public sphere. In 2014, Prospect readers chose Habermas as one of their favourites among the "world's leading thinkers".

Preface.

1. Law as a Category of Social Mediation between Facts and Norms.

2. The Sociology of Law versus the Philosophy of Justice.

3. A Reconstructive Approach to Law I: The System of Rights.

4. A Reconstructive Approach to Law II: The Principles of the Constitutional State. 5. The Indeterminacy of Law and the Rationality of Adjudication.

6. Judiciary and Legislature: On the Role and Legitimacy of Constitutional Adjudication.

7. Deliberative Politics: A Procedural Concept of Democracy.

8. Civil Society and the Political Public Sphere.

9. Paradigms of Law. Postscript (1994).

Appendices.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Index.