Legality and Legitimacy: Carl Schmitt, Hans Kelsen and Hermann Heller in Weimar

by David Dyzenhaus

Overview

This study looks at one of the oldest questions in legal philosophy--the relationship between law and legitimacy. Dyzenhaus analyzes the legal theories of three eminent public lawyers of the Weimar era whose theories addressed the problems of legal and political order in a crisis-ridden modern society and demonstrates their relevance to contemporary debates.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198298465
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	11/18/1999
Pages:	298
Product dimensions:	9.21(w) x 6.14(h) x 0.63(d)
Lexile:	1600L (what's this?)

About the Author

University of Toronto

Table of Contents

1. Legality and Legitimacy — Refractions from Weimar
2. Friend and Enemy: Schmitt and the Politics of Law
3. The Pure Theory in Practice: Kelsen's Science of Law
4. The Legitimacy of Legal Order: Hermann Heller's Legal Theory
5. Lessons from Weimar: The Legitimacy of Legality
Index