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In this first serious work on the theory of civil society to appear in many years, Jean Cohen and Andrew Arato contend that the concept of civil society articulates a contested terrain in the West that could become the primary locus for the expansion of democracy and rights.

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Presents an approach to regulating intimacy that promises to defuse the tensions that have sparked conflict among legislators, jurists, activists, and scholars. Can law stay out of the bedroom without shielding oppression and abuse This book present a defense of privacy, based on the idea that norms and rights are legally constructed.