Democracy, emergency, and arbitrary coercion : : a liberal Republican view / / by Nick C. Sagos.

States of emergency are declared by governments with alarming frequency. When they are declared, it is taken for granted that their nature is understood. This book argues against this established view. Instead, the view advanced here analyzes what makes emergencies different from other types of simi...

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Superior document:Studies in Moral Philosophy, Volume 7
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2015.
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Studies in moral philosophy ; Volume 7.
Physical Description:1 online resource (235 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Nick C. Sagos
  • Introduction: Two Philosophical Ideals of Liberal Democracy / Nick C. Sagos
  • Constitutional Democracy and the Issue of Emergency / Nick C. Sagos
  • Law and the Concept of Emergency / Nick C. Sagos
  • Formal and Informal Emergency / Nick C. Sagos
  • Catastrophe and Emergency / Nick C. Sagos
  • Institutions, Rights, and Emergencies / Nick C. Sagos
  • Appendix: Notes on Methodology / Nick C. Sagos
  • Bibliography / Nick C. Sagos
  • Index / Nick C. Sagos.