Carlos Pérez Crespo

I have a new paper: "Carl Schmitt’s study notes on the French Revolution (1789–1791): monarchy, constituent power, and the origins of representation." @IHRjournal @icp_uc #abstract" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

I have a new paper on Thomas Hobbes: brill.com/display/title/…

[🆕OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE 🔓] Carlos Pérez Crespo (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile), “Carl Schmitt’s study notes on the French Revolution (1789–1791): monarchy, constituent power, and the origins of representation” IHR (2026). doi.org/10.1080/174969….

#Archives: Syllabus of Carl Schmitt’s State Theory seminar at the University of Bonn (1924/1925), where the concept of democracy is explored. The course follows the structure of his essay The Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy. Fun fact: Weber is read through the work of R. Thoma.

#Research: In light of the passing of the German philosopher Jürgen Habermas, I would like to share my research on his reading of the work of Carl Schmitt: revistas.unav.edu/index.php/anua…

In 1826, Bolívar established his Bolivarian Constitution for Peru. I conclude that Bolívar’s dictatorship in Peru established a new form of dictatorship in Latin America, legitimized by the exercise of constituent power.

between February and March 1825. In this second phase, Bolívar was appointed ‘president for life’ by the sovereign Constituent Assembly, which subsequently dissolved itself and delegated all supreme powers, including the pouvoir constituant, to Bolívar....

#Research: I am honored to announce the publication of my research on the dictatorship of Simón Bolívar in Peru (1824–1826), included in The Oxford Handbook of Constituent Power, published by Oxford University Press: academic.oup.com/edited-volume/…

Me alegra compartir mi artículo “Las caras de la Doctrina Monroe en América Latina” publicado en Revista de Ciencia Política. Planteo que el debate sobre la doctrina forjó bases del Sistema Interamericano y esta intervención en Venezuela es un retroceso. revistacienciapolitica.uc.cl/index.php/rcp/…

I have a new paper accepted in Intellectual History Review @IHRjournal: Carl Schmitt's unknown study notes on the French Revolution (1923-1926) and his identification with the monarchist faction (Mounier, Mirabeau, Sieyès). #Research

#Research: It is a great honor to announce the publication of my first research paper on Thomas Hobbes. It is a study on the conceptualization of the role of natural law in Hobbes' theory of sovereignty: brill.com/display/book/9…

#Research: Se acaba de publicar en España mi investigación sobre la primera recepción de la Constitución de Weimar en América Latina. Uno de los principales hallazgos es que esto empezó con un debate entre juristas peruanos y alemanes.

#Research: I have just published a new paper in Historia Constitucional (2025). It is the story of the first reception and analysis of the Weimar Constitution in Latin America: historiaconstitucional.com/index.php/hist…

Pleased to have just received a copy of The Cambridge History of International Law, vol. 10, edited by Robert Kolb and Momchil Milanov. It includes my chapter, “The Americas at the Time of the League of Nations”.

Carl Schmitt made an enemy of his books.

#Research: Este lunes daré una conferencia sobre Secularización y Estado moderno en la Universidad Ruiz de Montoya. Tratará sobre mi traducción y publicación del ensayo sobre el "Diktum" de #Böckenförde @icp_uc

#Research: Delighted to announce that my paper on the reception of the Weimar Constitution in Peru (1919-1939) has been accepted for publication in the prestigious journal Historia Constitucional. The paper will be published in English in September 2025.

Panel 4 (16:30-18:00) The State & its Critics: Erin Hagood (Columbia), Olga Obolenets (NYU), Carlos Eduardo Pérez Crespo (Universidad Católica de Chile), Dandan Chen (SUNY-Farmingdale), chaired by Botian Zheng (Georgetown), and with K.Morgan McGlothlin (Georgetown) as discussant