States of exception in American history / edited by Gary Gerstle and Joel Isaac.

9780226712468

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2021.

1 online resource (344 pages).

This text 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. A 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.

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May 04, 2023

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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