A framework is to be established for certain legal questions in order to organize a confusing topic and to find a topology of its terms. This is a task that cannot begin with timeless definitions of essence, but rather starts with criteria to ensure that the material and the situation are not lost sight of. Primarily, it concerns the relationship and mutual positioning of the terms state and political on one side, and war and enemy on the other, in order to recognize their informational content for this field of terms. Carl Schmitt, from the preface to the 2nd edition.