{"product_id":"dictatorship-by-carl-schmitt-9780745646480","title":"Dictatorship","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow available in English for the first time, \u003cem\u003eDictatorship\u003c\/em\u003e is Carl Schmitt’s most scholarly book and arguably a paradigm for his entire work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWritten shortly after the Russian Revolution and the First World War, Schmitt analyses the problem of the state of emergency and the power of the Reichspräsident in declaring it. \u003cem\u003eDictatorship\u003c\/em\u003e, Schmitt argues, is a necessary legal institution in constitutional law and has been wrongly portrayed as just the arbitrary rule of a so-called dictator.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDictatorship\u003c\/em\u003e is an essential book for understanding the work of Carl Schmitt and a major contribution to the modern theory of a democratic, constitutional state. Despite being written in the early part of the twentieth century, it speaks with remarkable prescience to our contemporary political concerns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47558915948780,"sku":"9780745646480","price":42.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780745646480-dictatorship.jpg?v=1776921480","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/dictatorship-by-carl-schmitt-9780745646480","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}