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Between Facts and Norms: Contributions to a Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy
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This article is published in Review of Metaphysics.The article was published on 1997-02-01 and is currently open access. It has received 2568 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Democracy.read more
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The New Public Sphere: Global Civil Society, Communication Networks, and Global Governance
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Migrants as activist citizens in Italy: understanding the new cycle of struggles
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