Dictatorship

Informationen zum Autor Carl Schmitt (1888-1985) is widely acknowledged to be one of the most important and influential political theorists of the twentieth century. Klappentext Written shortly after the Russian Revolution and the First World War, Schmitt analyses the problem of the state of emergency and the power of the Reichsprasident in declaring it. Zusammenfassung * Carl Schmitt is widely recognized as one of the most important political theorists of the 20th century. This is the only remaining work by Carl Schmitt which has not yet been translated into English. Inhaltsverzeichnis Translator's Introduction Foreword to the fourth edition (1978) Foreword to the third edition (1964) Foreword to the second edition (1928) Preliminary remarks to the first edition (1921) I Commissary Dictatorship and the theory of the state II The praxis of royal commissars up to the 18th century III The transition to sovereign dictatorship in the theory of the state of the 18th century IV The concept of sovereign dictatorship V The praxis of the people's commissars during the French Revolution VI Dictatorship in the contemporary constitution (the state of besiegement) Appendix: The Dictatorship of the Reichspräsident according to Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution pp. 211-57 I Common interpretation of Article 48, Paragraph 2 today II The regulation of Article 48, Paragraph 2 as a provisorium III General limitation of competence based on Article 48, Paragraph 2 IV The law of implementation [Ausfüngsgesetz] regarding Article 48 RV INDEX OF NAMES INDEX OF SUBJECTS GLOSSARY

Product details

• Authors: C Schmitt, Carl Schmitt
• Assisted by: Michael Hoelzl (Translation), Graham Ward (Translation)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2011
• EAN: 9780745646473
• ISBN: 978-0-7456-4647-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship, Political science and theory, Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship, Schmitt, Political Theory, Dictatorships