Dictatorship - 9780367460365

Taylor & Francis

DictatorshipNew Trajectories in Law\nAuthor(s): Dimitrios Kivotidis\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367460365, 978-0367460365\nSynopsis\nThis book analyses the institution and concept of dictatorship from a legal, historical and theoretical perspective, examining the different types of dictatorship, their relationship to the law, as well as the analytical value of the concept in contemporary world. \n\nIn particular, it seeks to codify the main theories and conceptions of dictatorship, with the goal of unearthing their contradictions. The books main premise is that the concept of dictatorship and the different types of the dictatorial form have to be assessed and can only be understood in their historical context. On this basis, the elaborations on dictatorship of such diverse thinkers as Carl Schmitt, Donoso Cortes, Karl Marx, Ernst Fraenkel, Franz Neumann, Nicos Poulantzas, and V. I. Lenin, are discussed in th.