This study looks at one of the oldest questions in legal philosophy--the relationship between law and legitimacy. Dyzenhaus analyzes the legal theories of three eminent public lawyers of the Weimar era whose theories addressed the problems of legal and political order in a crisis-ridden modern society and demonstrates their relevance to contemporary debates.

• 1: Legality and Legitimacy -- Refractions from Weimar


• 2: Friend and Enemy: Schmitt and the Politics of Law


• 3: The Pure Theory in Practice: Kelsen's Science of Law


• 4: The Legitimacy of Legal Order: Hermann Heller's Legal Theory


• 5: Lessons from Weimar: The Legitimacy of Legality


• Index

David Dyzenhaus is an Associate Professor of Law and Philosophy at the University of Toronto.