"we need a specific term for the state at the centre of the Grossraum, but "empire" has too many negative connotations so instead we should use "Reich" which has no negative connotations at all" is an all-time favourite

A colleague started quoting random passages from the Glossarium to me and honestly Schmitt had some peculiar sense of humour

You think American law reviews have reviewers?

and by the atrocities and cruelty caused by liberalism's total war he means "locking up Nazi law professors"

So far your book is mainly complicating my argument! (And tempting me in the way of "oh I should read more instead of just writing, perhaps I'll add yet another footnote at some point!")

Very good book by the way!
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