Legality and legitimacy : Carl Schmitt, Hans Kelson, and Hermann Heller in Weimar /

This text investigates one of the oldest questions of legal philosophy - the relationship between law and legitimacy. It analyses the legal theories of three public lawyers of the Weimar era, Carl Schmitt, Hans Kelsen, and Hermann Heller.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dyzenhaus, David
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1997.
Subjects:	Schmitt, Carl, > 1888-1985. Kelsen, Hans, > 1881-1973. Heller, Hermann, > 1891-1933. Rule of law. Legitimacy of governments. Germany > Politics and government > 1918-1933. Règle de droit. Légitimité des gouvernements. Allemagne > Politique et gouvernement > 1918-1933. Legitimacy of governments Politics and government Rule of law Germany Legaliteitsbeginsel. Rechtsstaat. Legitimiteit. Weimar-republiek. 1918-1933 Germany > Politics and government > 1918-1933 Electronic books.
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Summary:	This text investigates one of the oldest questions of legal philosophy - the relationship between law and legitimacy. It analyses the legal theories of three public lawyers of the Weimar era, Carl Schmitt, Hans Kelsen, and Hermann Heller.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 283 pages)
Format:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-268) and index.
ISBN:	9780191685453 0191685453