Abstract
This chapter addresses Habermas’ reconstruction of private and public autonomy. Habermas points to an important problem in how modern legal paradigms, both liberal and welfare state law, rely on private autonomy. This shows the importance of reconstructing the internal relation between private and public autonomy, bringing out the political autonomy of citizens. Habermas suggests that his elaboration of the system of rights shows the co-originality of private and public autonomy. While this project is important, it is also doubtful that modern law is adequate for showing this co-originality. The reason is that modern law largely relies on private autonomy, reflected in the modern concept of rights.
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