Carl Schmitt

Broschiertes Buch

Constitutional Theory

Beschreibung

Provides an interpretation of the Weimar Constitution. This book presents an argument that the legitimacy of a constitution depends on a sovereign decision of people. It develops an understanding of liberal constitutionalism that makes room for a strong, independent state. It includes an introduction by Jeffrey Seitzer and Christopher Thornhill.

Autor

Carl Schmitt (1888–1985) was a leading German political and legal theorist. Among his many books are The Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy, Political Romanticism, The Concept of the Political, Political Theology, and Legality and Legitimacy, which is also published by Duke University Press. Jeffrey Seitzer teaches at Roosevelt University. He is the author of Comparative History and Legal Theory: Carl Schmitt in the First German Democracy and the editor and translator of Carl Schmitt’s Legality and Legitimacy. Ellen Kennedy is Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of Constitutional Failure: Carl Schmitt in Weimar, also published by Duke University Press. Christopher Thornhill is Professor of Politics at the University of Glasgow. He is the author of German Political Philosophy: The Metaphysics of Law.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 490
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Januar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 156mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 676g
• ISBN-13: 9780822340706
• ISBN-10: 0822340704
• Artikelnr.: 22874403