The possibility of a theory of the state without sovereignty: the thought and action of Hugo Preuss

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26380201
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Politics
• Research Institution: Matsuyama University
• Principal Investigator: ENDO YASUHIRO 松山大学, 法学部, 教授 (30374177)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: ドイツ政治思想史 / 主権 / ワイマール / フーゴー・プロイス / オットー・ギールケ / カール・シュミット / 自由主義 / 民主主義

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research aims to investigate the possibility of the political theory of Hugo Preuss. It proves that he adopted the concept of "Gebietshoheit" instead of sovereignty, and could avoid a forcible fiction to determine the subject of political authority in the context of German politics, in which many political subjects coexisted multilayered.
However he faced the difficult problem concerning diffusion of responsibility peculiar to organismic theory of the state. Therefore, he couldn't take a clear attitude towards the emergency powers of the President (Article 48 of the Weimar constitution).

Free Research Field

ドイツ政治思想史