{"product_id":"law-as-politics-9780822322443","title":"Law as Politics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresents a balanced response to Carl Schmitt's critique of liberalism. This book describes the varying engagements and confrontations with Schmitt's work. It is suitable for political philosophers, legal theorists, historians, and for those interested in Schmitt's relevance to discussions of liberalism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eLaw as Politics\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the full force of Schmitt’s challenge to the pieties of liberal thought, as well as providing ample ammunition for those eager to meet it. In so doing, it significantly elevates the level of the English-language discussion of this powerful and troubling thinker.”—Martin Jay, University of California at Berkeley\u003cbr\u003e“Everybody interested in the workings of the modern state in good and hard times and its prospects for the future will profit from reading these essays on this famous and infamous German legal theorist.”—Winfried Bruger, Universität Heidelberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword \/ Ronald Beiner \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Why Carl Schmitt? \/ David Dyzenhaus \u003cbr\u003e PART I: POLITICAL THEORY AND LAW \u003cbr\u003e Carl Schmitt’s Critique of Liberalism: Systematic Reconstruction and Countercriticism \/ Heiner Bielefeldt \u003cbr\u003e The Concept of the Political: A Key to Understanding Carl Schmitt’s Constitutional Theory \/ Ernst-Wolfgang Bockenforde \u003cbr\u003e From Legitimacy to Dictatorship — and Back Again: Leo Strauss’s Critique of the Anti-Liberalism of Carl Schmitt \/ Ellen Kennedy \u003cbr\u003e Pluralism and the Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy \/ Dominique Leydet \u003cbr\u003e Liberalism as a “Metaphysical System”: The Methodological Structure of Carl Schmitt’s Critique of Political Rationalism \/ Reinhard Mehring \u003cbr\u003e Carl Schmitt and the Paradox of Liberal Democracy \/ Chantal Mouffe \u003cbr\u003e PART II: LEGAL THEORY AND POLITICS \u003cbr\u003e Carl Schmitt on Sovereignty and Constituent Power \/ Renato Cristi \u003cbr\u003e The 1933 “Break” in Carl Schmitt’s Theory \/ Ingeborg Maus \u003cbr\u003e The Dilemmas of Dictatorship: Carl Schmitt and Constitutional Emergency Powers \/ John P. McCormick \u003cbr\u003e Revolutions and Constitutions: Hannah Arendt’s Challenge to Carl Schmitt \/ William E. Scheuerman \u003cbr\u003e Carl Schmitt’s Internal Critique of Liberal Constitutionalsim: \u003ci\u003eVerfassungslehre\u003c\/i\u003e as a Response to the Weimar State Crisis \/ Jeffrey Seitzer \u003cbr\u003e Notes on Contributors \u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406022025559,"sku":"9780822322443","price":20.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822322443.jpg?v=1730494273","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/law-as-politics-9780822322443","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}