Schmitt's Collected Works: Legality and Legitimacy

"Legitimacy and Legitimacy" is included in three classic works by Carl Schmitt: "The Situation of Intellectual History of Today's Parliamentary System", "Legitimacy and Legitimacy", and "Rescued from Prison: Experiences from 1945 to 1947"; the theme revolves around Schmitt's thinking and destiny as a constitutional scholar. "The Situation of Intellectual History of Today's Parliamentary System" sharply puts forward the jurisprudence and political difficulties of parliamentary democracy. It is not only based on real political issues, but also has an intellectual history perspective. "Legitimacy and Legitimacy" is a classic document of constitutional law and political science. It is a masterpiece of legal science written by Schmitt at the critical moment of the Weimar constitutional government. It can be called a "desperate attempt" to save the constitutional government of the Weimar Republic of China. It clearly advocates the implementation of party bans on political parties that oppose the Weimar Constitution (Nazis). However, after the war, Schmitt was paradoxically labeled as the "Laureate Jurist of the Third Reich" and was detained by the Allied authorities for nearly two years in 1945. During this period, Schmitt wrote six essays, which were collected and published as "Rescued from Prison: Experiences from 1945 to 1947". Although the article is small, it has a high citation rate in Schmitt research, because it can be seen that Schmitt was deeply helpless due to the complete collapse of the European legal tradition.