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- State of Emergency
- State of Emergency
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Architecture of Emergency Constitutions
- 3 The Determinants of Emergency Constitutions
- 4 Why Do Governments Call a State of Emergency?
- 5 The Effectiveness of Emergency Constitutions after Natural Disasters
- 6 When Does Terror Induce a State of Emergency? And What Are the Effects?
- 7 States of Emergency after Domestic Turmoil
- 8 Dealing with Disaster
- 9 Keeping up the Balance between the Federation and the States
- 10 Constitutionalized Media Freedom during Emergencies
- 11 Unconstitutional States of Emergency
- 12 The COVID-19 Pandemic, States of Emergency, and Reliance on Executive Decrees
- 13 Returning to the Status Quo Ante?
- 14 Contracting for Catastrophe
- 15 The Future of States of Emergency
- References
- Index
1 - Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 November 2024
- State of Emergency
- State of Emergency
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Architecture of Emergency Constitutions
- 3 The Determinants of Emergency Constitutions
- 4 Why Do Governments Call a State of Emergency?
- 5 The Effectiveness of Emergency Constitutions after Natural Disasters
- 6 When Does Terror Induce a State of Emergency? And What Are the Effects?
- 7 States of Emergency after Domestic Turmoil
- 8 Dealing with Disaster
- 9 Keeping up the Balance between the Federation and the States
- 10 Constitutionalized Media Freedom during Emergencies
- 11 Unconstitutional States of Emergency
- 12 The COVID-19 Pandemic, States of Emergency, and Reliance on Executive Decrees
- 13 Returning to the Status Quo Ante?
- 14 Contracting for Catastrophe
- 15 The Future of States of Emergency
- References
- Index
Summary
This short chapter motivates the questions being dealt with in the rest of the book: although states of emergency are very frequently called, we know very little about their effectiveness. We also know very little about the factors that lead to the inclusion of emergency provisions in a country’s constitution, about the factors that make politicians rely on these provisions, and so forth. This book deals with all of these questions – and more. The chapter contains an outline regarding the remaining 14 chapters.
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- State of EmergencyAn Economic Analysis, pp. 1 - 6Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024