Year: 2021
Author: Blasius, Dirk
Der Staat, Vol. 60 (2021), Iss. 3 : pp. 455–472
Abstract
Carl Schmitt, April 1939: „Der Reichsbegriff im Völkerrecht“. A Text Genesis Study
The article reconstructs the history of Carl Schmitt's concept of the Reich. The historical situation in the spring of 1939 had an influence on the path of his legal work. The concept of empire was the subject of a lecture that Schmitt placed at the center of his “Völkerrechtliche Großraumordnung”. This publication, which appeared in April 1939, was supplemented several times after the outbreak of World War II. The section on the concept of empire remained unchanged. Schmitt's contributions to international law supported the aggressive course of Nazi policy before September 1939. In a May 1939 essay on the Reich and the Decline of European Culture, he cited earlier publications. They had led him to a new idea of the causal connection between empires and international law. Schmitt held on to it even during the war. His essay is a self-portrait of the jurist Schmitt. His opponents raised the accusation of a deficient world view (Weltanschauung). They demanded a "völkische Großraumordnung". In the Second World War, Schmitt did not join events (Ereignisse) that gave action to the ideology of Lebensraum. The term "Ereignisse" was used in 1941/42 to name war crimes in the "Ereignismeldungen UdSSR". The staffs of the Reich Security Main Office (Reichssicherheitshauptamt) evaluated them. Schmitt ignored the connection of these crimes with the type of the total state.
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Journal Article Details
Publisher Name: Global Science Press
Language: German
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3790/staa.60.3.455
Der Staat, Vol. 60 (2021), Iss. 3 : pp. 455–472
Published online: 2021-07
AMS Subject Headings: Duncker & Humblot
Copyright: COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press
Pages: 18
Author Details
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dirk Blasius: Carl Schmitt, April 1939: „Der Reichsbegriff im Völkerrecht“. Eine werkgeschichtliche Studie | 455 | ||
| Carl Schmitt, April 1939: „Der Reichsbegriff im Völkerrecht” | 455 | ||
| Eine werkgeschichtliche Studie | 455 | ||
| I. Werkkreuzungen 1939 | 455 | ||
| II. Kontext und Genese des Reichsbegriffs – „Zu Christoph Steding‚ Das Reich und die Krankheit der europäischen Kultur‘” | 458 | ||
| III. Der Reichsbegriff im „Wettlauf der Ereignisse” – Von der Außen- zur Kriegspolitik des Nationalsozialismus | 455 |