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States of Exception in American History (Paperback) Loot Price: R850
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States of Exception in American History (Paperback): Gary Gerstle, Joel Isaac

States of Exception in American History (Paperback)

Gary Gerstle, Joel Isaac

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States of Exception in American History brings to light the remarkable number of instances since the Founding in which the protections of the Constitution have been overridden, held in abeyance, or deliberately weakened for certain members of the polity. In the United States, derogations from the rule of law seem to have been a feature of-not a bug in-the constitutional system. The first comprehensive account of the politics of exceptions and emergencies in the history of the United States, this book weaves together historical studies of moments and spaces of exception with conceptual analyses of emergency, the state of exception, sovereignty, and dictatorship. The Civil War, the Great Depression, and the Cold War figure prominently in the essays; so do Francis Lieber, Frederick Douglass, John Dewey, Clinton Rossiter, and others who explored whether it was possible for the United States to survive states of emergency without losing its democratic way. States of Exception combines political theory and the history of political thought with histories of race and political institutions. It is both inspired by and illuminating of the American experience with constitutional rule in the age of terror and Trump.

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Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: April 2020
Editors: Gary Gerstle • Joel Isaac
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 978-0-226-71232-1
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Constitution, government & the state
Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Constitutional & administrative law > General
Books > History > American history > General
LSN: 0-226-71232-X
Barcode: 9780226712321

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