Title: Legality and legitimacy /
Authors: Schmitt, Carl, 1888-1985.; Seitzer, Jeffrey.; McCormick, John P., 1966-
Publisher: Duke University Press,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Legitimacy of governments Germany.; Legislative power Germany.; Rule of law Germany.
Abstract: Composed in 1932, but unavailable in English until now, this book questions the political viability of liberal constitutionalism, parliamentary government, & the rule of law. Schmitt advocates an unfettered presidential regime to ensure domestic security in a highly pluralistic society.
Contents: The legislative state and the concept of law -- Legality and the equal chance for achieving political power -- The extraordinary lawgiver ratione materiae : the second principal part of the Weimar constitution as a second constitution -- The extraordinary lawgiver ratione supremitatis : actual meaning-plebiscitary legitimacy instead of legislative state legality -- The extraordinary lawgiver ratione necessitatis : actual meaning-the administrative state measure displaces the parliamentary legislative state statute -- 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.