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Book SynopsisBasing his work on the writings of Schmitt and his contemporaries, extensive new archival documentation, and parts of Schmitt's personal papers, Professor Bendersky uses Schmitt's public career as a framework for re-evaluating his contributions to political and legal theory. This book establishes that Schmitt's late Weimar writings were directed at
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*Acknowledgments, pg. xiii*One. Catholic Heritage, Education, and the State, pg. 3*Two. Political Consciousness, Democracy, and Dictatorship, pg. 21*Three. Character and Perspectives of a University Professor, pg. 43*Four. Parliamentarianism vs. Presidential Power, pg. 64*Five. Friend-Enemy Thesis and the Inviolable Constitution, pg. 85*Six. The Pouvoir Neutre as Defender of the Constitution, pg. 107*Seven. Presidential Government in the Midst of Controversy, pg. 127*Eight. Legality, Neutrality, and Reality: The Constitution, the Court, and the Nazis, pg. 145*Nine. The Constitutional Dilemma and Hitler's Legal Acquisition of Power, pg. 172*Ten. The "Crown Jurist" of the Third Reich, pg. 195*Eleven. The Purge of an Ideological Deviant, pg. 219*Twelve. The Security of Silence? From Grossraum Theory to Nuremberg, pg. 243*Epilogue, pg. 274*Bibliography, pg. 289*Index, pg. 313
