The dual state : a contribution to the theory of dictatorship / Ernst Fraenkel ; translated from the German by E.A. Shils, in collaboration with Edith Lowenstein and Klaus Knorr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fraenkel, Ernst, 1898-1975

Contributor:

Shils, Edward, 1910-1995

Lowenstein, Edith

Knorr, Klaus, 1911-1990

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National socialism.

Totalitarianism.

Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945.

Germany.

national socialism.

totalitarianism.

Politics and government.

German literature--Translations into English.

German literature.

Physical Description:

xvi, 248 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

Lawbook exchange ed.

Place of Publication:

Clark, N.J. : Lawbook Exchange, Ltd, 2010.

Summary:

"This classic study is widely considered one of the finest analyses of totalitarianism. It was written in Germany in the late 1930s and completed in the United States in 1940, where Fraenkel lived after fleeing the Nazis in 1938. The title derives from Fraenkel's thesis that National Socialism divided the law into two co-existing areas. The first of these, The Normative State, protects the legal order as expressed in statutes, decisions of courts and the activities of administrative agencies. Its counterpart is the Prerogative State, which is governed by the party"-- Provided by Amazon.

Contents:

The prerogative state

The limits of the prerogative state

The normative state

The repudiation of rational natural law by national-socialism

The national-socialist campaign against natural law

National-socialism and communal natural law

The legal history of the dual state

The economic background of the dual state.

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published: New York : Oxford university press, 1941.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781616190699

1616190698

OCLC:

731371112