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States of Exception: Law, History, Theory

Cercel, Cosmin and Fusco, Gian Giacomo and Lavis, Simon, eds. (2020) States of Exception: Law, History, Theory. Law and Politics: Continental Perspectives . Routledge, Abingdon, UK, 218 pp. ISBN 978-0-367-07716-7. E-ISBN 978-0-429-02229-6. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:82309)

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Abstract

This book addresses the relevance of the state of exception for the analysis of law, while reflecting on the deeper symbolic and jurisprudential significance of the coalescence between law and force.

The concept of the state of exception has become a central topos in political and legal philosophy as well as in critical theory. The theoretical apparatus of the state of exception sharply captures the uneasy relationship between law, life and politics in the contemporary global setting, while also challenging the comforting narratives that uncritically connect democracy with the tradition of the rule of law. Drawing on critical legal theory, continental jurisprudence, political philosophy and history, this book explores the genealogy of the concept of the state of exception and reflects on its legal embodiment in past and present contexts – including Weimar and Nazi Germany, contemporary Europe and Turkey. In doing so, it explores the disruptive force of the exception for legal and political thought, as it recuperates its contemporary critical potential.

Item Type: Edited book
Subjects: K Law
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > Kent Law School
Depositing User: Sian Robertson
Date Deposited: 31 Jul 2020 07:57 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Feb 2021 14:14 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/82309 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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