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Constitutional Theory
By Jeffrey Seitzer (trans), Carl Schmitt and Ellen Kennedy (foreword by)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Duke Univ Pr
Publication date February 2, 2008
Pages 488
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780822340119
ISBN-10 0822340119
Dimensions 1.50 by 6.50 by 9.25 in.
Weight 1.75 lbs.
Original list price $99.95
Other format details university press
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Carl Schmitt’s magnum opus, Constitutional Theory, was originally published in 1928 and has been in print in German ever since. This volume makes Schmitt’s masterpiece of comparative constitutionalism available to English-language readers for the first time. Schmitt is considered by many to be one of the most original—and, because of his collaboration with the Nazi party, controversial—political thinkers of the twentieth century. In Constitutional Theory, Schmitt provides a highly distinctive and provocative interpretation of the Weimar Constitution. At the center of this interpretation lies his famous argument that the legitimacy of a constitution depends on a sovereign decision of the people. In addition to being subject to long-standing debate among legal and political theorists in Western Europe and the United States, this theory of constitution-making as decision has profoundly influenced constitutional theorists and designers in Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe.

Constitutional Theory is a significant departure from Schmitt’s more polemical Weimar-era works not just in terms of its moderate tone. Through a comparative history of constitutional government in Europe and the United States, Schmitt develops an understanding of liberal constitutionalism that makes room for a strong, independent state. This edition includes an introduction by Jeffrey Seitzer and Christopher Thornhill outlining the cultural, intellectual, and political contexts in which Schmitt wrote Constitutional Theory; they point out what is distinctive about the work, examine its reception in the postwar era, and consider its larger theoretical ramifications. This volume also contains extensive editorial notes and a translation of the Weimar Constitution.



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With Ellen Kennedy (other contributor), Jeffrey Seitzer (other contributor) | from Duke Univ Pr (February 2, 2008)
9780822340119 | details & prices | 488 pages | 6.50 × 9.25 × 1.50 in. | 1.75 lbs | List price $99.95
About: Carl Schmitt’s magnum opus, Constitutional Theory, was originally published in 1928 and has been in print in German ever since.
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With Ellen Kennedy (other contributor), Jeffrey Seitzer (other contributor) | from Duke Univ Pr (December 30, 2007)
9780822340706 | details & prices | 468 pages | 6.00 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.44 lbs | List price $29.95
About: Carl Schmitt’s magnum opus, Constitutional Theory, was originally published in 1928 and has been in print in German ever since.

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