Agamben has engaged since the nineties in a debate with the political writings of the German jurist Carl Schmitt, most extensively in the study State of Exception (2003).
Agamben har siden halvfemserne engageret sig i en debat med den tyske jurist Carl Schmitts politiske skrifter, mest uddybende i studiet Undtagelsestilstand (2003, på da. 2009).