By Carl Schmitt,Jeffrey Seitzer,Christopher Thornhill

ISBN-10: 0822340119

ISBN-13: 9780822340119

ISBN-10: 0822340704

ISBN-13: 9780822340706

Carl Schmitt’s magnum opus, Constitutional Theory, was once initially released in 1928 and has been in print in German ever when you consider that. This quantity makes Schmitt’s masterpiece of comparative constitutionalism to be had to English-language readers for the 1st time. Schmitt is taken into account by way of many to be the most original—and, as a result of his collaboration with the Nazi celebration, controversial—political thinkers of the 20th century. In Constitutional Theory, Schmitt offers a hugely particular and provocative interpretation of the Weimar structure. on the heart of this interpretation lies his well-known argument that the legitimacy of a structure is dependent upon a sovereign selection of the folk. as well as being topic to long-standing debate between felony and political theorists in Western Europe and the U.S., this idea of constitution-making as selection has profoundly motivated constitutional theorists and architects in Asia, Latin the USA, and japanese Europe.

Constitutional Theory is an important departure from Schmitt’s extra polemical Weimar-era works not only by way of its average tone. via a comparative heritage of constitutional executive in Europe and the U.S., Schmitt develops an knowing of liberal constitutionalism that makes room for a powerful, self sustaining kingdom. This version contains an advent via Jeffrey Seitzer and Christopher Thornhill outlining the cultural, highbrow, and political contexts within which Schmitt wrote Constitutional Theory; they indicate what's particular concerning the paintings, research its reception within the postwar period, and think about its greater theoretical ramifications. This quantity additionally comprises large editorial notes and a translation of the Weimar Constitution.

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