Carl Schmitt

Carl Schmitt was a German jurist and political theorist associated with the Nazi regime, known for his critiques of liberal constitutionalism and legal positivism. His ideas on sovereignty, the state of exception, and the friend-enemy distinction influenced later political and legal thinkers across the ideological spectrum.

Claims that use this term

• Hayek drew his critique of liberal jurisprudence from Carl Schmitt, a Nazi jurist
• Carl Schmitt had anticipated Hayek’s liberal-competition argument decades earlier