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Chapter IV - The Correct Decision

from Statute and Judgment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2021

Edited and translated by
Lars Vinx  and
Samuel Garrett Zeitlin
Lars Vinx
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
Samuel Garrett Zeitlin
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
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In view of the facts that the criterion of ‘conformity to statute’ is worthless, that those criteria that refer to ‘pre-juristic’ complexes of norms must ignore important facts of legal life and, finally, that it is necessary to find a criterion that is autochthonous to legal practice, the following formula will no longer appear to be paradoxical or challenging

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Carl Schmitt's Early Legal-Theoretical Writings
Statute and Judgment and the Value of the State and the Significance of the Individual
 , pp. 103 - 141
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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  • The Correct Decision
  • Edited and translated by Lars Vinx, University of Cambridge, Samuel Garrett Zeitlin, University of Cambridge
  • Book: Carl Schmitt's Early Legal-Theoretical Writings
  • Online publication: 17 April 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108658300.008
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  • The Correct Decision
  • Edited and translated by Lars Vinx, University of Cambridge, Samuel Garrett Zeitlin, University of Cambridge
  • Book: Carl Schmitt's Early Legal-Theoretical Writings
  • Online publication: 17 April 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108658300.008
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  • The Correct Decision
  • Edited and translated by Lars Vinx, University of Cambridge, Samuel Garrett Zeitlin, University of Cambridge
  • Book: Carl Schmitt's Early Legal-Theoretical Writings
  • Online publication: 17 April 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108658300.008
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