ERC Consolidator Grant · 2022
Rethinking emergency from a legal historical perspective: contexts, actors, practices, 1914-2020
Rule of law and human rights are under pressure worldwide. The political and legal landscape is dramatically changing, with situations of crisis becoming a recurrent presence in the life of our polities. We thus witness a resurgence of emergency legislation and measures that states employ to tackle the nefarious effects caused by numerous disruptions: from financial instability to terrorist activity, pandemics, or military threat. Traditionally, emergency has been understood as a mechanism that has only temporary and limited effects on legal systems: once the crisis recedes, fundamental rights and constitutional process are restored. EMERGE argues that emergency has long-lasting effects…
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