ERC Starting Grant · 2024
The Constitutional Road to Dictatorship: States of Exception and Authoritarianism in Europe, 1900-39
STEXEU investigates the impact of states of exception on democracy in early-twentieth century Europe. In the interwar years, and sometimes before, democratic rule came under strain across the continent. In explaining the rise of dictatorship, historians have generally pointed to forces that challenged the rule of law from without, such as fascism and communism. However, when faced with extraordinary challenges to state authority, the fin-de-siècle liberal legal order contemplated the suspension of constitutional norms through states of exception and emergency powers. During and after the First World War, governments became increasingly dependent on these legal instruments in a context of…
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