Constitutional theory

Constitutional theory

by Schmitt, Carl

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Carl Schmitt's magnum opus, written during the Weimar regime, wherein Schmitt challenges the theories and practices of Western constitutional government, claiming that classical conceptions of democracy cannot be transposed onto modern political lif.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Constitutional theory / Carl Schmitt ; translated and edited by Jeffrey Seitzer ; foreword by Ellen Kennedy.

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Carl Schmitt's magnum opus, written during the Weimar regime, wherein Schmitt challenges the theories and practices of Western constitutional government, claiming that classical conceptions of democracy cannot be transposed onto modern political lif.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2008.

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Description based upon print version of record.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (489 p.)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9786612923661, 6612923660, 1282923668, 9781282923669, 0822340119, 9780822340119
  • DOI:10.1515/9780822390589
  • oclc:on1316391575
  • LC Classification:KK4450
  • Dewey Decimal:342.43

Table of Contents

Absolute concept of the constitution (the constitution as unified whole) -- Relative concept of the constitution (the constitution as a multitude of individual laws) -- The positive concept of the constitution (the constitution as the complete decision over the type and form of the political unity) -- Ideal concept of the constitution ("constitution" in an exemplary sense, thus named because of a certain content) -- The meanings of the term "basic law," basic norm or Lex fundamentalis (summarizing overview) -- Origin of the constitution -- The constitution as contract (the genuine constitutional contract) -- The constitution-making power -- Legitimacy of a constitution -- Consequences of the theory of the constitution-making power, of the people's constitution-making power in particular -- Concepts derived from the concept of the constitution (constitutional change, statutory violation of the constitution, constitutional suspension, constitutional dispute, high treason) -- The principles of the Bourgeois Rechtsstaat -- The Rechtsstaat concept of law -- The basic rights -- Separation (so-called division) of powers -- Bourgeois Rechtsstaat and political form -- The theory of democra…

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Subjects

Constitutional law Constitutional law -- Germany Germany

Writers

Schmitt, Carl Seitzer, Jeffrey

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