Carl Schmitt ranks among the most original and controversial political thinkers of the twentieth century.
He is the author of Carl Schmitt\'s Critique of Liberalism and editor of Confronting Mass Democracy and Industrial Technology, published by Duke University Press ..
McCormick is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago.
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Jeffrey Seitzer is the author of Comparative History and Legal Theory: Carl Schmitt in the First German Democracy.
Among his many books are The Idea of Representation, The Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy, Political Romanticism, and The Concept of the Political.
Carl Schmitt (1888-1985) was a leading German political and legal theorist.
He is the author of Carl Schmitt\'s Critique of Liberalism and editor of Confronting Mass Democracy and Industrial Technology, published by Duke University Press .
McCormick is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago.
John P.
Jeffrey Seitzer is the author of Comparative History and Legal Theory: Carl Schmitt in the First German Democracy.
Among his many books are The Idea of Representation, The Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy, Political Romanticism, and The Concept of the Political.
About the Author: Carl Schmitt (1888-1985) was a leading German political and legal theorist.
McCormick\'s introduction places Legality and Legitimacy in its historical context, clarifies some of the intricacies of the argument, and ultimately contests Schmitt\'s claims regarding the inherent weakness of parliamentarism, constitutionalism, and the rule of law.
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In addition to Jeffrey Seitzer\'s translation of the 1932 text itself, this volume contains his translation of Schmitt\'s 1958 commentary on the work, extensive explanatory notes, and an appendix including selected articles of the Weimar constitution.
Legality and Legitimacy is sure to provide a compelling reference point in contemporary debates over the challenges facing constitutional democracies today.
Only a presidential regime subject to few, if any, practical limitations can ensure domestic security in a highly pluralistic society.
Liberal governments, he argues, cannot respond effectively to challenges by radical groups like the Nazis or Communists.
In this important work, Schmitt questions the political viability of liberal constitutionalism, parliamentary government, and the rule of law.
Unavailable in English until now, Legality and Legitimacy was composed in 1932, in the midst of the crisis that would lead to the collapse of the Weimar Republic and only a matter of months before Schmitt\'s collaboration with the Nazis.
His incisive criticisms of Enlightenment political thought and liberal political practice remain as shocking and significant today as when they first appeared in Weimar Germany.
Carl Schmitt ranks among the most original and controversial political thinkers of the twentieth century
