{"product_id":"dictatorship-hardback-9780745646473","title":"Dictatorship (Hardback) 9780745646473","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDictatorship\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCarl Schmitt (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745646473, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 November 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 3.2 cm, 0.667 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"At last Carl Schmitt's \u003ci\u003eDictatorship \u003c\/i\u003eis available in English. His study and analysis of this concept is key to understanding the varieties of dictatorship.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Schwab, National Committee on American Foreign Policy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDictatorship\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book ever entirely devoted to the topic of emergency powers. Written as Germany's fledgeling Weimar Republic resorted to emergency measures to confront insurrections from both the Left and the Right, \u003ci\u003eDictatorship \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the historical origins and philosophical justifications of extraordinary executive action. A fascinating historical document and a prescient, insightful resource for contemporary debates in political theory and constitutional law.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn P. McCormick, University of Chicago\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNow available in English for the first time, \u003ci\u003eDictatorship\u003c\/i\u003e is Carl Schmitt’s most scholarly book and arguably a paradigm for his entire work. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Written shortly after the Russian Revolution and the First World War, Schmitt analyses the problem of the state of emergency and the power of the Reichspräsident in declaring it. Dictatorship, Schmitt argues, is a necessary legal institution in constitutional law and has been wrongly portrayed as just the arbitrary rule of a so-called dictator. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDictatorship\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential book for understanding the work of Carl Schmitt and a major contribution to the modern theory of a democratic, constitutional state. And despite being written in the early part of the twentieth century, it speaks with remarkable prescience to our contemporary political concerns.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslator’s Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword to the fourth edition (1978)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword to the third edition (1964)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword to the second edition (1928)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreliminary remarks to the first edition (1921)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI Commissary Dictatorship and the theory of the state\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII The praxis of royal commissars up to the 18th century\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII The transition to sovereign dictatorship in the theory of the state of the 18th century\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIV The concept of sovereign dictatorship\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eV The praxis of the people’s commissars during the French Revolution\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVI Dictatorship in the contemporary constitution (the state of besiegement)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppendix: The Dictatorship of the Reichspräsident according to Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution pp. 211-57\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI Common interpretation of Article 48, Paragraph 2 today\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII The regulation of Article 48, Paragraph 2 as a provisorium\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII General limitation of competence based on Article 48, Paragraph 2\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIV The law of implementation [Ausfüngsgesetz] regarding Article 48 RV\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINDEX OF NAMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINDEX OF SUBJECTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGLOSSARY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407315824920,"sku":"9780745646473","price":54.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745646473.jpg?v=1784161159","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/dictatorship-hardback-9780745646473","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}