Carl Schmitt / 1890-1918 / 1919-1933 / 1933-1945 / 1945-1949 / 1949-1978

• Schmitt-Dorotic, Carl: Die Diktatur. Von den Anfängen des modernen Souveränitätsgedankens bis zum proletarischen Klassenkampf, München-Leipzig 1921
• Dictatorship: From the origin of the modern concept of sovereignty to proletarian class struggle. translated by Michael Hoelzl and Graham Ward. Polity Press, Cambridge 2014.
• Diktatuuri: Modernin suvereenisuusajattelun alusta

“There might be a difference between the rule of law in its making and the method of its exercise. In terms of philosophy of law, this is the essence of dictatorship: the general possibility of a separation between the norms of justice and the implementation of law.”