States of emergency in liberal democracies / Nomi Claire Lazar.

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Lazar, Nomi Claire, 1975-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Cambridge books onlinePublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 179 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780511596308
0511596308
0521449693
9780521449694
0511596707
9780511596704

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: States of emergency in liberal democracies.DDC classification:

323.4/9 22

LOC classification:

JF256 .L39 2009eb

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Contents:

The problem of emergency -- Must exceptionalism prove the rule? -- Two concepts of liberalism -- Are rights derogations always wrong? -- The rule of law and the Roman dictatorship -- The norms of crisis government.

Summary: Based on a pluralist conception of political ethics and political power, this book shows how we can avoid the dangers and confusions inherent in the norm/exception approach that dominates both historical and contemporary debate. The book shows how liberal values need never be suspended, even in times of urgency.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-172) and index.

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Based on a pluralist conception of political ethics and political power, this book shows how we can avoid the dangers and confusions inherent in the norm/exception approach that dominates both historical and contemporary debate. The book shows how liberal values need never be suspended, even in times of urgency.

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