Wer soll der Hüter der Verfassung sein?

Hans Kelsen is seen as the most important precursor of constitutional jurisdiction in the 20th century. In his two ground-breaking texts from 1929 and 1931, he defends his concept of a central judicial authority with the power of judicial review over parliament as an element of pluralistic democracy against Carl Schmitt's concept of a presidential guardian of the political unity "Volk".

Robert Chr. van Ooyen (Herausgegeben von)
ist Professor für Politikwissenschaft an der Hochschule des Bundes sowie Honorarprofessor an der TU Dresden.
Hans Kelsen (Von (Autor))
(1881-1973): 1919-30 university professor in Vienna; 1919-1930 constitutional judge; 1930-33 professor in Cologne; 1933-40 professor in Geneva; 1936-38 professor in Prague; 1945-52 professor in Berkeley.