Law, Legal History

Constitutional Failure: Carl Schmitt in Weimar

Name: Constitutional Failure: Carl Schmitt in Weimar
Author: Ellen Kennedy
ISBN: 9780822332305

by Ellen Kennedy

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Synopsis

The author's argument that Carl Schmitt's critique of Weimar Republic liberalism cannot be countered by reforming liberalism is also a contribution to current political theory and an analysis of contemporary liberalism.

About the Author, Ellen Kennedy

Ellen Kennedy is Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. Among her books are The Bundesbank: Germany’s Central Bank in the International Monetary System; Freedom and the Open Society: Henri Bergson’s Contribution to Political Philosophy; and the English translation of Carl Schmitt’s Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy.