“Positions and Concepts”: A Debate with Carl Schmitt

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xi
4. Translation and Apparatus xiii
5. Introduction. Constitutional Crisis The German and the American Experience 1
6. Prologue. The Shattering of Methods in Late Wilhelmine Germany
7. Introduction 41
8. On Legal Theory and Sociology 50
9. Constitutional Amendment and Constitutional Transformation 54
10. On the Borders between Legal and Sociological Method 57
11. Statute and Judgment 63
12. One. Hans Kelsen
13. Introduction 67
14. Legal Formalism and the Pure Theory of Law 76
15. On the Essence and Value of Democracy 84
16. Two. Hugo Preuss
17. Introduction 110
18. The Significance of the Democratic Republic for the Idea of Social Justice 116
19. Three. Gerhard Anschütz
20. Introduction 128
21. Three Guiding Principles of the Weimar Constitution 132
22. Four. Richard Thoma
23. Introduction 151
24. The Reich as a Democracy 157
25. Five. Heinrich Triepel
26. Introduction 171
27. Law of the State and Politics 176
28. Six. Erich Kaufmann
29. Introduction 189
30. On the Problem of the People’s Will 196
31. Seven. Rudolf Smend
32. Introduction 207
33. Constitution and Constitutional Law 213
34. Eight. Hermann Heller
35. Introduction 249
36. Political Democracy and Social Homogeneity 256
37. The Essence and Structure of the State 265
38. Nine. Carl Schmitt
39. Introduction 280
40. The Status Quo and the Peace 290
41. The Liberal Rule of Law 294
42. State Ethics and the Pluralist State 300
43. Epilogue. The Decline of Theory
44. Introduction 313
45. The Total State 320
46. Legal Community as National Community 323
47. The Constitution of Freedom 323
48. The Administration as Provider of Services 326
49. New Foundations of Administrative Law 327
50. Administration 327
51. Constitution 328
52. Form and Structure of the Reich 330
53. “Positions and Concepts”: A Debate with Carl Schmitt 331
54. Reich, Sphere of Influence, Great Power 332
55. Notes 335
56. Editors and Contributors 391
57. Copyright Acknowledgments 393
58. Index 395