John P. McCormick is Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago.

"This ambitious work is a reflection on the fate of the state in an era of globalization and internationalization. While its focus is the European Union, it also investigates the intellectual history of the last century in an illuminating comparison of its two major ‘book ends’ in state theory -- Weber and Habermas. McCormick shows that Weber, despite Habermas’s attempt to transcend the problematic aspects of his theory, provides a resource for a compelling critique of Habermas, and that both remain highly relevant for understanding the fate of the state today." -David Dyzenhaus, University of Toronto

• 1. Introduction: theorizing modern transformations of law and democracy; 2. The historical logic(s) of Habermas's critique of Weber's 'sociology of law'; 3. The puzzle of law, democracy and historical change in Weber's 'sociology of law'; 4. Habermas's deliberatively legal Sozialstaat; 5. Habermas on the European Union: normative aspirations; 6. The structural transformation to the supranational Sektoralstaat and prospects for democracy in the EU; 7. Conclusion: Habermas's philosophy of history and the future of Europe.

John P. McCormick is Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago.

"This ambitious work is a reflection on the fate of the state in an era of globalization and internationalization. While its focus is the European Union, it also investigates the intellectual history of the last century in an illuminating comparison of its two major ‘book ends’ in state theory -- Weber and Habermas. McCormick shows that Weber, despite Habermas’s attempt to transcend the problematic aspects of his theory, provides a resource for a compelling critique of Habermas, and that both remain highly relevant for understanding the fate of the state today." -David Dyzenhaus, University of Toronto

• 1. Introduction: theorizing modern transformations of law and democracy; 2. The historical logic(s) of Habermas's critique of Weber's 'sociology of law'; 3. The puzzle of law, democracy and historical change in Weber's 'sociology of law'; 4. Habermas's deliberatively legal Sozialstaat; 5. Habermas on the European Union: normative aspirations; 6. The structural transformation to the supranational Sektoralstaat and prospects for democracy in the EU; 7. Conclusion: Habermas's philosophy of history and the future of Europe.

John P. McCormick is Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago.

"This ambitious work is a reflection on the fate of the state in an era of globalization and internationalization. While its focus is the European Union, it also investigates the intellectual history of the last century in an illuminating comparison of its two major ‘book ends’ in state theory -- Weber and Habermas. McCormick shows that Weber, despite Habermas’s attempt to transcend the problematic aspects of his theory, provides a resource for a compelling critique of Habermas, and that both remain highly relevant for understanding the fate of the state today." -David Dyzenhaus, University of Toronto

• 1. Introduction: theorizing modern transformations of law and democracy; 2. The historical logic(s) of Habermas's critique of Weber's 'sociology of law'; 3. The puzzle of law, democracy and historical change in Weber's 'sociology of law'; 4. Habermas's deliberatively legal Sozialstaat; 5. Habermas on the European Union: normative aspirations; 6. The structural transformation to the supranational Sektoralstaat and prospects for democracy in the EU; 7. Conclusion: Habermas's philosophy of history and the future of Europe.