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This study look 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.
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About the Author:
David Dyzenhaus is an Associate Professor of Law and Philosophy at the University of Toronto.
Review:
`Dyzenhaus's ... reflections on Schmitt's constitutional position are nuanced and insightful. ... This book also deserves broad attention because of the way in which it relocates Hermann Heller at the centre-stage of Weimar political debate. ... shows a breadth of historical and sociological
knowledge which is unusual amongst legal theorists and historians ...'
History of European Ideas 26 (2000) 225-264
`The subtle contours ... will repay careful and sustained reading ... scholarly and well written ... a powerful antidote to the sad apologetics still being pandered by those who have sought to promote the work of one of fascism's most intelligent theorists.'
Mark Neocleous, Radical Philosophy, jul-aug 99
knowledge which is unusual amongst legal theorists and historians ...'
History of European Ideas 26 (2000) 225-264
`The subtle contours ... will repay careful and sustained reading ... scholarly and well written ... a powerful antidote to the sad apologetics still being pandered by those who have sought to promote the work of one of fascism's most intelligent theorists.'
Mark Neocleous, Radical Philosophy, jul-aug 99
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0198260628
- ISBN 13 9780198260622
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages304
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