Sovereignty: A Contribution to the Theory of Public and International Law

by Hermann Heller

Hermann Heller was one of the leading public lawyers and legal and political theorists of the Weimar era, whose main interlocutors were two of the giants of twentieth century legal and political thought, Hans Kelsen and Carl Schmitt. In this 1927 work, Hermann Heller addresses the paradox of sovereignty. That is, how the sovereign can be both the highest authority and subject to law. Unlike Kelsen and Schmitt, who seek to dissolve the paradox, Heller...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198810547
• ISBN13: 9780198810544
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"