Carl schmitts critique of liberalism, david dyzenhaus download citation file. Schmitt is often considered to be one of the most important critics of liberalism, parliamentary democracy, and liberal cosmopolitanism. Catholic layman of german nationality and citizenship. Dolf sternberger 2 and jacques derrida 3 are but two proponents of such criticism.
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His magnum opus, constitutional theory 1927, offered an analysis of the weimar constitution as well as an account of the principles underlying any democratic constitution. Extremists recognized a path to legal revolution lay in the constitutions combination of democratic. Conceptual transfer and the unexpected paths of legal globalisation volume 9 issue 1 lucas brang. In constitutional theory, schmitt provides a highly distinctive and provocative interpretation of the weimar constitution. This chapter provides an overview and critical interrogation of schmitt s selfdescription. The challenge of carl schmitt available for download and read online in other formats. Constitutional theory books gateway duke university press. Schmitt offers democrats today a novel way to understand the legitimacy of liberal democracy and the limits of constitutional change. I came across the formulations that the state is the political. An individual user may print out a pdf of a single chapter of a monograph in oso for personal use.
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