Legality and legitimacy / Carl Schmitt ; translated and edited by Jeffrey Seitzer ; with an introduction by John P. McCormick.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-163) and index.

The legislative state and the concept of law -- Legality and the equal chance for achieving political power -- The extraordinary lawgiver ratione materiae : the second principal part of the Weimar constitution as a second constitution -- The extraordinary lawgiver ratione supremitatis : actual meaning-plebiscitary legitimacy instead of legislative state legality -- The extraordinary lawgiver ratione necessitatis : actual meaning-the administrative state measure displaces the parliamentary legislative state statute -- Identifying or exploiting the paradoxes of constitutional democracy? : an introduction to Carl Schmitt's Legality and legitimacy / John P. McCormick -- Introduction : the legislative state system of legality compared to other state types : jurisdiction, governmental, and administrative states.