Hans Kelsen and Carl Schmitt ­ these two pre-eminent legal theorists were juxtaposed at an international conference at Tel Aviv University, in a comprehensive examination of their legal concepts and their impact. For the first time, the opposing currents in German legal tradition that Schmitt and Kelsen founded were debated against the backdrop of Israeli legal discourse. The papers delivered at this unique conference are gathered in the present volume.

The book comprises discussions of the work of Schmitt and Kelsen from the angles of legal history, legal theory and legal epistomology as well as in light of its anthropological and historical setting:

Manfred Baldus

Hapsburgian Monarchy and the »Unity of the State« ­ On the Structural Setting of Kelsen's Legal Theory

Stanley L. Paulson

A Schism, already in the 1920s, in Hans Kelsen's Legal Theory

Walter Pauly

Concepts of Universality ­ Hans Kelsen on Sovereignty and International Order

Clemens Jabloner

Legal Techniques and Theory of Civilization ­ Reflections on Hans Kelsen and Carl Schmitt

Claude Klein

»The Eternal Constitution« ­ Contrasting Hans Kelsen and Carl Schmitt

Horst Dreier

The Essence of Democracy ­ Hans Kelsen and Carl Schmitt Juxtaposed

Michel Troper

»The Guardian of the Constitution« ­ Hans Kelsen¹s Evaluation of a Legal Concept

Raphael Gross

»Jewish Law and Christian Grace« ­ Carl Schmitt¹s Critique of Hans Kelsen

Bernd Rüthers

On the Brink of Dictatorship ­ Hans Kelsen and Carl Schmitt in Cologne 1933

Michael Stolleis

A Critique from the »Wiener Kreis« ­ Margit Kraftfuchs (1902-1994) on Carl Schmitt

Izhak Englard

Nazi Critcism Against the Normativist Theory of Hans Kelsen ­ Its Intellectual Basis and Post-Modern Tendencies