Carl Schmitt's Early Legal-Theoretical Writings
Statute and Judgment and the Value of the State and the Significance of the Individual

Makes available in English Carl Schmitt's early legal-theoretical writings, the intellectual background of Schmitt's political and constitutional theory.

Lars Vinx (Edited and translated by), Samuel Garrett Zeitlin (Edited and translated by)

9781108494489, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 6 May 2021

250 pages
15 x 23 x 2 cm, 0.54 kg

'… a unique perspective on contemporary political and legal thought.' Eduardo Schmidt Passos, Contemporary Political Theory

Many of Carl Schmitt's major works have by now been translated, with two notable exceptions: Schmitt's two early monographs Statute and Judgment (first published in 1912) and The Value of the State and the Significance of the Individual (first published in 1914). In these two works Schmitt presents a theory of adjudication as well as an account of the state's role in the realization of the rule of law, which together form the theoretical basis on which Schmitt later developed his political and constitutional theory. This new book makes these two key texts available in English translation for the first time, together with an introduction that relates the texts to their historical context, to Schmitt's other works, and to contemporary discussions in legal and constitutional theory.

1. Introduction: Carl Schmitt and the Problem of the Realization of Law
2. Statute and Judgment
3. The Value of the State and the Significance of the Individual.

Subject Areas: Constitutional & administrative law [LND], Public international law [LBB], Law [L], Political science & theory [JPA]