EL PODER JUDICIAL Y LA DEFENSA DE LA CONSTITUCIÓN EN CARL SCHMITT.

This paper studies Carl Schmitt considerations on the so-called «third power» of the State. First, with the help of the jurist own it outlines the general doctrine of the separation of powers and its political significance. Then, his book Law and judgment serves as a starting point for analyzing the Schmittean criticism on Kelsen's normativism. In a third stage, it will examine the author's invective against the liberal State of Law and its ideal of achieving a «State of Justice». And finally, it is contemplated how the defender of the Constitution of the German jurist deployed in history its unlimited factual and legal powers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]