1. The Will of the State and the Redemption of the German Nation: Legal Positivism and Constitutional Monarchism in the German Empire

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. The Power of the People and the Rule of Law: The Problem of Constitutional Democracy in the Weimar Republic 1
6. 1. The Will of the State and the Redemption of the German Nation: Legal Positivism and Constitutional Monarchism in the German Empire 13
7. 2. The Purity of Law and Military Dictatorship: Hans Ke1sen and Carl Schmitt in the Empire 40
8. 3. The Radicalism of Constitutional Revolution: Legal Positivism and the Weimar Constitution 63
9. 4. The Paradoxical Foundations of Constitutional Democracy: Hans Ke1sen and Carl Schmitt in the Weimar Republic 85
10. 5. Constitutional Practice and the Immanence of Democratic Sovereignty: Rudolf Smend, Hermann Heller, and the Basic Principles of the Constitution 120
11. 6. Equality, Property, Emergency: The Constitutional Jurisprudence of the High Courts in the Republic 145
12. Conclusion: The Crisis of Constitutional Democracy 171
13. Notes 179
14. Bibliography 253
15. Index 293