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The Dual State: A Contribution to the Theory of Dictatorship
The Dual State: A Contribution to the Theory of Dictatorship
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The Dual State, first published in 1941, remains one of the most erudite
books on the logic of dictatorship. It was the first comprehensive analysis of the rise and nature of National Socialism-and the only such analysis written from within Hitler's Germany. Ernst Fraenkel's courageous ethnography of law was widely acclaimed upon publication, and it has influenced
considerably postwar debates about the nature of the Third Reich. But The Dual State also has relevance for the study of dictatorship in the twenty-first century. Fraenkel's innovative concept of the dual state, with its two halves-the normative state (which generally respects its own laws and
regulations) and the prerogative state (which violates them wantonly)-illuminates powerfully the complicated relationship between law and order in many countries around the world. It speaks directly to the idea of an authoritarian rule of law. This republication of Fraenkel's classic makes it once again available to scholars and students in law, the social sciences, and the humanities. It includes Fraenkel's 1974 preface to and two appendices from the first German edition-never before published in English. An extensive introduction by
Jens Meierhenrich places Fraenkel's ethnography of law in historical and theoretical context.
Author: Ernst Fraenkel, Jens Meierhenrich
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 03/01/2016
Pages: 306
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780198716204
London School of Economics and Political Science. His books include The Oxford Handbook of Carl Schmitt, and he previously taught for a decade at Harvard University.
books on the logic of dictatorship. It was the first comprehensive analysis of the rise and nature of National Socialism-and the only such analysis written from within Hitler's Germany. Ernst Fraenkel's courageous ethnography of law was widely acclaimed upon publication, and it has influenced
considerably postwar debates about the nature of the Third Reich. But The Dual State also has relevance for the study of dictatorship in the twenty-first century. Fraenkel's innovative concept of the dual state, with its two halves-the normative state (which generally respects its own laws and
regulations) and the prerogative state (which violates them wantonly)-illuminates powerfully the complicated relationship between law and order in many countries around the world. It speaks directly to the idea of an authoritarian rule of law. This republication of Fraenkel's classic makes it once again available to scholars and students in law, the social sciences, and the humanities. It includes Fraenkel's 1974 preface to and two appendices from the first German edition-never before published in English. An extensive introduction by
Jens Meierhenrich places Fraenkel's ethnography of law in historical and theoretical context.
Author: Ernst Fraenkel, Jens Meierhenrich
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 03/01/2016
Pages: 306
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780198716204
About the Author
Ernst Fraenkel (1898-1975) was an eminent political scientist who began his professional career as a labor lawyer in Weimar Germany. Forced to flee the Nazi dictatorship in 1938, he emigrated to the United States and worked as an adviser to the U.S. government. Fraenkel returned to Germany in 1951,
where, as a professor at Berlin's Freie Universität, he played a leading role in establishing the discipline of political science in the country of his birth.
London School of Economics and Political Science. His books include The Oxford Handbook of Carl Schmitt, and he previously taught for a decade at Harvard University.
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