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Sunday, 16 September 2018 09:13

Agamben, Giorgio (2005). State of Exception.

Agamben, Giorgio (2005). State of exception. Vol. 2. University of Chicago Press.

 

Abstract:

Two months after the attacks of 9/11, the Bush administration, in the midst of what it perceived to be a state of emergency, authorized the indefinite detention of noncitizens suspected of terrorist activities and their subsequent trials by a military commission. Here, distinguished Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben uses such circumstances to argue that this unusual extension of power, or "state of exception," has historically been an underexamined and powerful strategy that has the potential to transform democracies into totalitarian states.

The sequel to Agamben’s Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life, State of Exception is the first book to theorize the state of exception in historical and philosophical context. In Agamben’s view, the majority of legal scholars and policymakers in Europe as well as the United States have wrongly rejected the necessity of such a theory, claiming instead that the state of exception is a pragmatic question. Agamben argues here that the state of exception, which was meant to be a provisional measure, became in the course of the twentieth century a normal paradigm of government. Writing nothing less than the history of the state of exception in its various national contexts throughout Western Europe and the United States, Agamben uses the work of Carl Schmitt as a foil for his reflections as well as that of Derrida, Benjamin, and Arendt.

In this highly topical book, Agamben ultimately arrives at original ideas about the future of democracy and casts a new light on the hidden relationship that ties law to violence.

https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/S/bo3534874.html

 

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Sunday, 16 September 2018 09:21

Annan (1999). Two Concepts of Sovereignty

Annan, K. (1999). Two Concepts of Sovereignty. The Economist18(9), 1999.

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As heads of state and government gather in New York for the annual session of the UN General Assembly Kofi Annan, the UN secretary-general, gives us his thoughts on international intervention in humanitarian crises, and the changes needed for the next century.

https://www.economist.com/international/1999/09/16/two-concepts-of-sovereignty

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Aranson, P. H., Gellhorn, E., & Robinson, G. O. (1982). Theory of legislative Delegation. Cornell L. Rev.68, 1.

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The American Constitution plainly embodies a system of separation of powers. I Its first three 
articles vest legislative, executive, and judicial powers in separate institutions; establish 
distinctive organizational forms; assign particular responsibilities; and provide differing 
procedures for choosing each branch's officials. The Constitution, however, does not clarify 
how rigidly these powers must be separated. Each article's language appears exclusive, 
yet the text includes terms susceptible to a contrary intepretation...

PDF Cornell.edu

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Backhaus, J. (1978). Constitutional guarantees and the distribution of power and wealth. Public Choice33(3), 45-63.

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This paper sets out to provide an analysis of the process of interpreting the constitution, by which the constitutional norms are not only applied and adapted to changing circumstances but essentially changed in content. The analysis concentrates on a rather specific example, a norm which has a clearly demonstrable impact on different identifiable interests. The approach is, however, easily generalizable and may be applied to any constitutional norm specific enough to foster a clash of interests. The analysis undertaken is in contrast to the debate on constitutional issues cited earlier - clearly positive. No normative conclusions are arrived at nor desired, rather the analysis seeks to present strategic considerations concerning constitutional litigation.

https://link-springer-com.ezproxy.haifa.ac.il/article/10.1007/BF00154683#enumeration

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Buchanan, J. and Bernnan, G. (1985), The reason of Rules: Constitutional Polity. New York: Cambridge University Press.

http://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/brennan-the-collected-works-of-james-m-buchanan-vol-10-the-reason-of-rules

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