Weimar : a jurisprudence of crisis / Arthur J. Jacobson and Bernhard Schlink, editors ; translated by Belinda Cooper with Peter C. Caldwell ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jacobson, Arthur J.

Schlink, Bernhard.

Series:

Philosophy, social theory, and the rule of law ; 8.

Philosophy, social theory, and the rule of law ; 8

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Constitutional history--Germany--Sources.

Constitutional history.

State, The.

History.

Constitutional law.

Philosophy.

Germany.

Constitutional law--Germany--Philosophy--History--Sources.

State, The--History--Sources.

Germany--Politics and government--1918-1933--Sources.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xiv, 405 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2000]

Summary:

This selection of the major works of constitutional theory during the Weimar period reflects the reactions of legal scholars to a state in permanent crisis, a society in which all bets were off. Yet the Weimar Republic's brief experiment in constitutionalism laid the groundwork for the postwar Federal Republic, and today its lessons can be of use to states throughout the world. Weimar legal theory is a key to understanding the experience of nations turning from traditional, religious, or command-and-control forms of legitimation to the rule of law. This critical scrutiny of the Weimar jurisprudence of crisis offers an invaluable overview of the perils and promise of constitutional development in states that lack an entrenched tradition of constitutionalism.

Contents:

Introduction: Constitutional Crisis: the German and the American Experience / Arthur J. Jacobson, Bernhard Schlink 1

Prologue: the Shattering of Methods in Late Wilhelmine Germany

On Legal Theory and Sociology (1911) / Max Weber 50

Constitutional Amendment and Constitutional Transformation (1906) / Georg Jellinek 54

On the Borders between Legal and Sociological Method (1911) / Hans Kelsen 57

Statute and Judgment (1912) / Carl Schmitt 63

1 Hans Kelsen

Legal Formalism and the Pure Theory of Law (1929) / Hans Kelsen 76

On the Essence and Value of Democracy (1929) / Hans Kelsen 84

2 Hugo Preuss

The Significance of the Democratic Republic for the Idea of Social Justice (1925) / Hugo Preuss 116

3 Gerhard Anschutz

Three Guiding Principles of the Weimar Constitution (1922) / Gerhard Anschutz 132

4 Richard Thoma

The Reich as a Democracy (1930) / Richard Thoma 157

5 Heinrich Triepel

Law of the State and Politics (1926) / Heinrich Triepel 176

6 Erich Kaufmann

On the Problem of the People's Will (1931) / Erich Kaufmann 196

7 Rudolf Smend

Constitution and Constitutional Law (1928) / Rudolf Smend 213

8 Hermann Heller

Political Democracy and Social Homogeneity (1928) / Hermann Heller 256

The Essence and Structure of the State (1934) / Hermann Heller 265

9 Carl Schmit

The Status Quo and the Peace (1925) / Carl Schmitt 290

The Liberal Rule of Law (1928) / Carl Schmitt 294

State Ethics and the Pluralist State (1930) / Carl Schmitt 300

Epilogue: the Decline of Theory

The Total State (1933) / Ernst Forsthoff 320

Legal Community as National Community (1935) / Reinhard Hohn 323

The Constitution of Freedom (1935) / Carl Schmitt 323

The Administration as Provider of Services (1938) / Ernst Forsthoff 326

New Foundations of Administrative Law (1934) / Theodor Maunz 327

Administration (1937) / Theodor Maunz 327

Constitution (1937) / Ernst Rudolf Huber 328

Form and Structure of the Reich (1941) / Ernst Rudolf Huber 330

"Positions and Concepts": A Debate with Carl Schmitt (1941) / Ernst Rudolf Huber 331

Reich, Sphere of Influence, Great Power (1942) / Reinhard Hohn 332.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-389) and index.

ISBN:

0520220595

OCLC:

43798454