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The Dilemma of Democracy: Collusion and the State of Exception [PDF]

open access: yesStudies in Social Justice, 2011
In what sense might the authoritarian practices and suspension of legal norms as means to combat the supposed threat of “terrorism,” within and by contemporary western democratic states, be understood as a problem of and not for democracy?
Mark McGovern
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Confrontation Between Judicial Activism and State of Exception [PDF]

open access: yesAcademicus International Scientific Journal, 2017
The judiciary has excelled in the international and national scene, reaching role of great importance, thus creating opposition to the legislative and executive powers. The center of gravity of the sovereign power of the state moves toward the judiciary,
Alexandre Pedro Moura D’Almeida
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Power and Involuntary State of Exception in Iran (Foundation and Conditions of Possibility) [PDF]

open access: yesدولت‌پژوهی, 2022
The author considers Schmitt's and Agamben's state of exception as "Voluntary State of Exception" and propose a new type of state of exception (entitled "Involuntary State of Exception").
Sajjad Sattari
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Crisis, state of emergency and state terrorism: particularities of the dictatorship in Argentina (1976−1983)

open access: yesИбероамериканские тетради, 2023
In Argentina, the 1976 coup d’état was a change of political regime and not just a change of government, from one of democratic origin turned authoritarian to another with fascistic tendencies, since the constant amplification of the State of exception ...
César Manuel Román Yañez
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Activities of the Local Government During a State of Natural Disaster

open access: yesStudia Iuridica Lublinensia, 2021
As one of the states of exception, a state of a natural disaster often makes public administration, including local governments, take actions that restrict the sphere of human rights and civil liberties.
Małgorzata Czuryk
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Los derechos fundamentales en estado de alarma: una suspensión inconstitucional

open access: yesRevista Vasca de Administración Pública, 2021
Saturday, March 14, 2020. The Spanish government has decided to use the state of alert to tackle the pandemic caused by COVID-19, which involves the generalisation of a series of restrictive measures that will test out the strength of the established ...
Pablo Fernández de Casadevante Mayordomo
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Covid-19, racism and the ‘state of exception’? A theological ethical engagement with identity and human rights in an age of ‘Corona’ and beyond

open access: yesActa Theologica, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the role that religion and politics play at the intersection with individual and social rights. Religiously informed political actors capitalised on fears and prejudices to further science denialism, normalise ...
D. Forster
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Da biopolítica à necropolítica contra os povos indígenas durante a ditadura militar brasileira (1964-1985)

open access: yesCiências Sociais Unisinos, 2019
Considering the violations of the human rights of indigenous peoples during the military dictatorship period in Brazil, the present study aims to analyze such violations from the point of view of biopolitics, considering their development in the ...
Rodrigo Alvarenga, Elston Américo
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Arguments for exception in US security discourse [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
In his influential State of Exception, Giorgio Agamben proposes that, even in apparently liberal western democracies, the state will routinely use the contingency of national emergency to suspend civil liberties and justify expansion of military and ...
Hunter, Duncan, MacDonald, Malcolm N
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La Normalisation des mesures sécuritaires dites exceptionnelles en France et au Royaume-Uni

open access: yesRevue Française de Civilisation Britannique, 2020
Though security measures are often presented as exceptional or extraordinary, they tend to become the norm, in order to preserve the global security of European states. This paper aims at analysing and comparing French and British policies in this domain,
Annaëlle Prugneau
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