Legality and legitimacy / Carl Schmitt ; translated and edited by Jeffrey Seitzer ; with an introduction by John P. McCormick.

Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2004.

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Rule of law -- Germany.

Separation of powers -- Germany.

Germany -- Politics and government -- History.

Identifying or exploiting the paradoxes of constitutional democracy? An introduction to Carl Schmitt's Legality and Legitimacy / John P. McCormick

Introduction - the legislative state system of legality compared to other state types (jurisdiction, governmental, and administrative states) --I. The system of legality of the parlianmentary legislative state: --1. The legislative state and the concept of law --2. Legality and the equal chance for achieving political power --II. The three extraordinary lawgivers of the Weimar Constitution: --3. The extraordinary lawgiver Ratione Materiae - the second principal part of the Weimar Constitution as a second constitution --4. The extraordinary lawgiver Ratione Supremitatis - actual meaning - plebiscitary legitimacy instead of legislative state legality --5. The extraordinary lawgiver Ratione Necessitatis - actual meaning - the administrative state measure displaces the parliamentary legislative state statute --Conclusion

Afterword (1958) --Appendix

Selected articles of the Weimar Constitution --Notes

Works cited by Carl Schmitt in Legality and Legitimacy.

Includes index.

Legalität und legitimität

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xliii, 166 p. ; 22 cm