{"product_id":"legality-and-legitimacy-paperback","title":"Legality and Legitimacy - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarl Schmitt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJeffrey Seitzer\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarl Schmitt ranks among the most original and controversial political thinkers of the twentieth century. His incisive criticisms of Enlightenment political thought and liberal political practice remain as shocking and significant today as when they first appeared in Weimar Germany. Unavailable in English until now, \u003ci\u003eLegality and Legitimacy\u003c\/i\u003e was composed in 1932, in the midst of the crisis that would lead to the collapse of the Weimar Republic and only a matter of months before Schmitt's collaboration with the Nazis. In this important work, Schmitt questions the political viability of liberal constitutionalism, parliamentary government, and the rule of law. Liberal governments, he argues, cannot respond effectively to challenges by radical groups like the Nazis or Communists. Only a presidential regime subject to few, if any, practical limitations can ensure domestic security in a highly pluralistic society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLegality and Legitimacy\u003c\/i\u003e is sure to provide a compelling reference point in contemporary debates over the challenges facing constitutional democracies today. In addition to Jeffrey Seitzer's translation of the 1932 text itself, this volume contains his translation of Schmitt's 1958 commentary on the work, extensive explanatory notes, and an appendix including selected articles of the Weimar constitution. John P. McCormick's introduction places \u003ci\u003eLegality and Legitimacy\u003c\/i\u003e in its historical context, clarifies some of the intricacies of the argument, and ultimately contests Schmitt's claims regarding the inherent weakness of parliamentarism, constitutionalism, and the rule of law.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn English translation of Carl Schmitt's Legalitat und Legitimitat\" is long overdue. \"Legality and Legitimacy\" concludes the critique of legal positivism and the rationality of statute law he began in \"The Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy\" and \"Political Theology\" and does so in the historical context of Weimar's final crisis. It was an important argument at the time and is just as significant seventy-odd years later.\"--Ellen Kennedy, author of \"Constitutional Failure: Carl Schmitt in Weimar\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarl Schmitt (1888-1985) was a leading German political and legal theorist. Among his many books are \u003ci\u003eThe Idea of Representation, The Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePolitical Romanticism, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Concept of the Political.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJeffrey Seitzer is the author of \u003ci\u003eComparative History and Legal Theory: Carl Schmitt in the First German Democracy. \u003c\/i\u003eJohn P. McCormick is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eCarl Schmitt's Critique of Liberalism\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eConfronting Mass Democracy and Industrial Technology, \u003c\/i\u003epublished by Duke University Press\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarl Schmitt (1888-1985) was a leading German political and legal theorist. Among his many books are \u003ci\u003eThe Idea of Representation, The Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePolitical Romanticism, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Concept of the Political.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJeffrey Seitzer is the author of \u003ci\u003eComparative History and Legal Theory: Carl Schmitt in the First German Democracy. \u003c\/i\u003eJohn P. McCormick is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eCarl Schmitt's Critique of Liberalism\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eConfronting Mass Democracy and Industrial Technology, \u003c\/i\u003epublished by Duke University Press\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 166\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 8.5 x 5.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 26, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379738112102,"sku":"9780822331742","price":50.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/L3lEcmpRMndPeWdUeGhJcEZTNGg0Zz09.webp?v=1768924692","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/legality-and-legitimacy-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}