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The end of law : Carl Schmitt in the twenty-first century / William E. Scheuerman.

By: Publisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield International, 2020Edition: Second editionDescription: xiv, 343 pages 24 cmContent type:
  • text
ISBN:
  • 9781786611550
DDC classification:
  • 340.7
Contents:
Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Why Carl Schmitt?; Part One: The Jurisprudence of Lawlessness: 1. The Crisis of Legal Indeterminacy; 2. The Decay of Parliamentarism; 3. The Critique of Liberal Constitutionalism; 4. The Total State; 5. After Legal Indeterminacy?; 6. Indeterminacy and International Law; Epilogue to Part One: Carl Schmitt in the Aftermath of the German Catastrophe; Part Two: Carl Schmitt in America: 7. Carl Schmitt and the Origins of Joseph Schumpeter’s Theory of Democratic Elitism; 8. The Unholy Alliance of Carl Schmitt and Friedrich A. Hayek; Part Three: Carl Schmitt’s Twenty-First Century; 9. States of Emergency; 10. Counterterrorism; 11. States of Emergency Beyond the Nation State?; Conclusion: Carl Schmitt Now?; Notes; Index.
Summary: "Scholarly and political interest in the controversial 20th Century German thinker Carl Schmitt has exploded in the last twenty years. This volume, focusing directly on Schmitt's complex ideas about law, situates his views within broader debates about the rule of law and its fate, taking seriously his Nazi-era political and legal writings"-- Provided by publisher.
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BOOKs . General Stacks 340.7 SCH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) PB Available Recommended by Prof. Dr. Arun K Thiruvengadam & Dr. Karthick Ram Manoharan 40048

Preface;
Acknowledgments;
Introduction: Why Carl Schmitt?;
Part One: The Jurisprudence of Lawlessness:
1. The Crisis of Legal Indeterminacy;
2. The Decay of Parliamentarism;
3. The Critique of Liberal Constitutionalism;
4. The Total State;
5. After Legal Indeterminacy?;
6. Indeterminacy and International Law;
Epilogue to Part One: Carl Schmitt in the Aftermath of the German Catastrophe;
Part Two: Carl Schmitt in America:
7. Carl Schmitt and the Origins of Joseph Schumpeter’s Theory of Democratic Elitism;
8. The Unholy Alliance of Carl Schmitt and Friedrich A. Hayek;
Part Three: Carl Schmitt’s Twenty-First Century;
9. States of Emergency;
10. Counterterrorism;
11. States of Emergency Beyond the Nation State?;
Conclusion: Carl Schmitt Now?;
Notes;
Index.

"Scholarly and political interest in the controversial 20th Century German thinker Carl Schmitt has exploded in the last twenty years. This volume, focusing directly on Schmitt's complex ideas about law, situates his views within broader debates about the rule of law and its fate, taking seriously his Nazi-era political and legal writings"-- Provided by publisher.