Constituent Power, People, Constitution
Schmitt’s Constitutional Theory in Light of its Institutional Turn
Abstract
This paper studies the founding concepts of Carl Schmitt's constitutional theory, as conceived in Constitutional Theory (1928), in light of its institutional turn. To
this end, it first presents Schmitt's decisionism, as expressed in his main writings of the 1920s, including Constitutional Theory. In second place, it exhibits the institutional turn that his work underwentin the 1930s, which implied the GpartialG abandonment of his decisionist proposal. Afterwards, it offers an analysis of the categories of Schmittian constitutional theoryin light of his institutional conceptual apparatus. It is concluded that these concepts, as formulated in Constitutional Theory, are not compatible with his institutional proposal, which requires their reconceptualization.
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