Dictatorship (Hardcover)

Translator’s Introduction

Foreword to the fourth edition (1978)

Foreword to the third edition (1964)

Foreword to the second edition (1928)

Preliminary remarks to the first edition (1921)

I Commissary Dictatorship and the theory of the state

II The praxis of royal commissars up to the 18th century

III The transition to sovereign dictatorship in the theory of the state of the 18th century

IV The concept of sovereign dictatorship

V The praxis of the people’s commissars during the French Revolution

VI Dictatorship in the contemporary constitution (the state of besiegement)

Appendix: The Dictatorship of the Reichspräsident according to Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution pp. 211-57

I Common interpretation of Article 48, Paragraph 2 today

II The regulation of Article 48, Paragraph 2 as a provisorium

III General limitation of competence based on Article 48, Paragraph 2

IV The law of implementation [Ausfüngsgesetz] regarding Article 48 RV

INDEX OF NAMES

INDEX OF SUBJECTS

GLOSSARY