This book is an investigation into Carl Schmitt¿s critical thinking regarding the alleged deficiencies he identified in modern liberalism. Noted jurist, constitutional scholar, and a fierce critic of liberalism and pluralism, Schmitt mounted a sustained attack on the defects of the Weimar constitution between 1916 and 1934, contending that what Germany needed was a strong decisive leader to maintain political unity. This book provides a concise and clear explanation of Schmitt¿s disagreements with other constitutional scholars, from his time as a university graduate up until Hitler¿s rise to power. Although these disagreements were couched in legal terminology, they represented political criticisms that went directly to the